Rosemary Bailey grew up in the countryside northwest of London. In primary school, her classmates mocked her for being good at arithmetic, but her parents told her she should decide for herself who she wanted to be and ignore such comments. She did and earned both her first and second degrees in mathematics from Oxford University. She was president of the British Region of the International Biometric Society from 2000–2002 and is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and mathematics and statistics professor at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
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Abie Ekangaki
Born in Cameroon, West Africa, Abie Ekangaki moved to London, England, in the early 1970s with his family, where he spent his childhood shuttling between the continents. His interest in statistics spurs from a personal work experience, when he was exposed to the concept of converting data into information. Since then, he has worked across the globe for the World Health Organization and in academia and the pharmaceutical industry.