Honorary La’auli (Matai), Lalomalava, Samoa; Prince Mahidol Laureate, Honorary Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Auckland, John Neutze Scholar; Director of Coronary Care & Green Lane Cardiovascular Research Unit, Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. Harvey White is the Director of the CCU, Cardiovascular Research Unit and an Interventional Cardiologist at the Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, and Auckland, New Zealand. He is the John Neutze Scholar, Professor of Medicine at the University of Auckland and Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Professor White trained at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand and at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. In recognition of his work on end-systolic volume, he was awarded a DSc by the University of Otago in 1995. He was awarded the 1998 Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine by the King of Thailand for introducing fibrinolysis in many developing countries, including China. He was Chairman of PRISM and the HERO Trials. He is currently Co-chairman of the Redefinition of Myocardial Infarction ESC/ACC/AHA Consensus group and the STABILITY Trial. He was an Associate Editor for Circulation from 2001-2009 and has published over a 1000 articles. He was recognised in the top 1% of scientists Worldwide in 2014. His special interest is the management of acute coronary syndromes and he is passionate about improving patient care.