Geoff draws upon more than half a century of lived experience with limb and other impairments cause by thalidomide.  He is an experienced communicator, campaigner and an acknowledged expert on disability affairs.  Since leaving the BBC in 2011, he has run his own company, Adams-Spink Ltd, which markets his services as an independent disability equality consultant, broadcaster, writer and public speaker.

Björn is the President of FfdN (Föreningen för den Neurosedynskadade), the Swedish group for thalidomide survivors.  He was born with disabilities caused by thalidomide.  Björn is an experienced team leader and manager of a dysmelia patient group.  He also co-founded the Ex-Center - Europe's only specialist centre solely devoted to supporting the health needs of dysmelia patients. 

Monika is one of almost 3000 German thalidomide survivors.  Formerly, she was the head teacher of a school for disabled children and now works as a family therapist.  She specialises in the protection of disabled children and represents the interests of disabled employees in the town of Wesseling, Germany.

Charlotte is responsible for online safety for EDRIC.  She was born with a congenital absence of the hand and shortened forearm.  She is the author of Shared Experiences - The Experience of Having & Parenting Children With Upper Limb Deficiencies.  Charlotte is a tireless fundraiser for Reach.  Until recently she was a manager at a UK Government agency.  She is a commentator and speaker about living with and learning from limb difference.

Gernot is a German businessman and a thalidomide survivor who serves as a board member of HICOHA (Hilfswerk für Contergangeschädigte e.V.  in Hamburg and Schlewsig-Holstein) - a German thalidomide organisation.  Gernot is married and has two children.  He is a sales manager for an international consulting company with a strong focus on IT-solutions and is also an instructor for speech recognition systems for people with limb deficiency and other physical disabilities.

Michaela is a thalidomide survivor and one of the founders of the Austrian Thalidomide self-help group, Selbsthilfegruppe der Contergan- und Thalidomidgeschädigten Österreichs.  She worked as a social worker in the Youth Department of Vienna and has three children.

Salvatore is a long-time board member and past president of Raggiungere, and past president of LEDHA, a federation of 32 associations representing various disability groups in Italy.  He works as a sales manager for the touch systems division of a large international corporation.

Tobias is an IT expert and researcher with a background in online portals.  As a writer he published a range of articles in major magazines.  He is the author of books on electronic commerce and b2b Marketplaces.  Tobias has supported thalidomide projects and campaigns in Britain, Germany, Belgium, and Australia since 2007.

Caroline is an experienced communicator for people affected by limb difference.  She is committed to promoting EDRIC's message through DysNet and its associated social and traditional media channels.

Elizabeth is a medical consultant with a background in research and teaching; she has been a lecturer at the University of Oxford, with many publications in international medical journals.  Now she specialises in incurable conditions, where the focus is to improve the quality of life.  With an interest in psycho-social matters, especially their connection with medical problems, Elizabeth is also a trained psychotherapist.