Dr Manu has been a Consultant Diabetologist at King’s College Hospital since 2016, and the clinical lead for the Diabetic foot service. But even while undertaking his specialist training, he has been involved in several service improvement projects within the Diabetic foot service as well as within the South East London (SEL) area. He has developed research interest in diabetes related peripheral arterial disease and undertook a post doctorate degree on vascular risk stratification of people presenting with diabetes and foot complications. He has been proactive in the setting up of the SEL Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Team Network, and is the Clinical Lead for their Amputation Root Cause Analysis. He sits on the VAS advisory board (European Independent Foundation of Angiology/Vascular Medicine) Being of a BAME background, as well as living and working in SEL, Chris has developed a personal affection for rectifying the inequalities in care for people living with diabetes and is passionate about improving care for people living with diabetes and foot complication In his role as Diabetes UK Clinical Champion 2020 - 2022, Chris led on developing an improved access to diabetic foot surgical procedures. A problem that had become even more critical post COVID-19 pandemic, thus aiming to deliver a prompt “one-stop” assessment and “day-case” surgical procedures within a clinic setting to improve on waiting list, avoid hospital admissions, and decrease hospital length of stay.