James Cole is the Senior Policy, Research and Influencing Manager at the National AIDS Trust. James provides the secretariat for HIV Outcomes, a coalition of HIV experts working to secure policy, practice and evidence changes to improve the health-related quality of life for people living with HIV in the UK. James has ten years’ experience working in the global HIV response and human rights. This includes being the STOPAIDS Advocacy Manager, coordinating Youth Stop AIDS, serving as a trustee at STOPAIDS, and being the UK Government’s civil society delegate at the 2021 UN High Level Meeting on HIV & AIDS.