Holds a degree in Medicine from the Queen’s University of Belfast, diploma in Mountain Medicine and diploma in health care management.

Roger is a consultant anaesthetist in Ireland’s National Maternity Hospital and St Vincents University Hospital Dublin. He has extensive mountaineering experience from the Arctic to the Himalaya including a first assent in the Indian Garhwal. He has a specialist interest in medical devices and bespoke engineering.

Roger was a member of the Breathing Systems and Summit Team on the 2007 Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition.