Biography: Sophie Carr is the founder and owner of Bays Consulting and is Vice President of the Royal Statistical Society for Education and Statistical Literacy. She serves on the General Council of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and was named the World’s Most Interesting Mathematician, 2019. Sophie trained and worked as an aeronautical engineer, during which time she completed her PhD in Bayesian Belief Networks. Throughout her career she has had first-hand experience of the importance of bringing together different mathematical disciplines to encourage cross-fertilisation of ideas and knowledge exchange to deliver the best possible solution.