Michael is CEO of Thomson Screening, a Public Health data management and applications company. Thomson Screening was spun out from the Department of Optometry at City, University of London. Previously he was CEO of the Map of Medicine (UCL/Royal Free Hospital clinical knowledge spinout). He chaired the Commercial Board at the University of Liverpool and advises the University on Technology investment and implementation (spin outs and licencing). Previous board roles include companies originally spun out from Cambridge and Stanford in risk analytics, data management and Veterinary science. Michael has an MSc from and is a Sloan Fellow of London Business School.