<h3>Robert Lane MS FRCS</h3>
I was invited in 2000 to be the first President of the ROPSF; a role which I have thoroughly enjoyed ever since. My background has been as a colorectal surgeon in Winchester with a special interest in large bowel cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

The success of the Foundation has been due to a sense of conviction that Ostomates in Romania can obtain the same level of stoma care as in the UK and all our efforts have been towards this end.

It has been my privilege to head a team of truly dedicated individuals who have been responsible for introducing stoma nurse training and thereafter stoma care predominantly for colorectal cancer patients across Romania. The training is based on the UK model and the Foundation is now concentrating on the paediatric aspects of stoma care.
<h3>Adrian Martiniuc</h3>
I’m psychologist, specialised in human resources and recruitment in England: a Senior Member of the Royal Society of Medicine and British Psychology Society.
I first became involved with the UK project team in 1998 who offered a lot of enthusiasm and support. They helped me to set up a Romanian team having shown me how the British organisation is run and how we can improve the quality of life for patients with an ostomy.

My vision about ROPSF strategy will be based on more training and education for medical staff, patients, but I like to focus on some research in this area based on a partnership between Britain and Romanian institutions.
<h3>Mrs Carolyn Stammers</h3>
Carolyn was formerly a stoma care nurse specialist in Surrey and Herefordshire. Carolyn has been a member of IA in the UK since her stoma surgery in the 1980s. She was a member of the original IA Romania Project and latterly a trustee of the Romanian Ostomy Patients’ Support Foundation (ROPSF) since its inception. Carolyn has been involved with the nurse training programme and patient support since the beginning of the Romania Project. Carolyn has visited Romania on a number of occasions and has had the privilege of speaking at surgeons’ conferences and patients’ meetings.
<h3>Bob Bailey <span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: normal;">Project Director</span></h3>
Bob Bailey has been involved with the original Romania project back in 1995 and latterly the Romanian Ostomy Patients’ Support Foundation (ROPSF) since its inception. Bob has gained his knowledge and understanding of ostomy patients’ needs having been a member of the Ileostomy Association (IA) for over 50 years during which time he was engaged in several roles at national level and ran the 1993 World Ostomy Day events across the UK and Ireland. Since being involved with ROPSF Bob has travelled to Romania on numerous occasions and is familiar and has empathy with the needs of stoma patients and their carers. Bob had a wide-ranging business career and trainer.