Mike leads the Technology Strategy Board’s Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP) which is responding to the societal challenge of the demographic shift. By promoting independence and making the technology better, cheaper and more desirable we believe that UK business can benefit from the market opportunity these changes represent. The Innovation Platform began in November 2007 and is investing £50m over five years. Mike is also President of the Ambient Assisted Living Association which has similar aims and goals as part of a pan-European investment activity.

Mike joined the Technology Strategy Board in July 2007 and his first role was co-author of the UK strategy that was published for Electronics, Photonics and Electrical Systems in October 2008. Prior to this Mike worked in the Photonics industry for twelve years after graduating with a Masters in Physics from Imperial College, London. Mike is also a Chartered Physicist with the Institute of Physics.