Michael is Development Director for Kidney Research UK and is a Board member and member of the projects workstream for KQuIP.

An ex-army officer Michael’s training includes Special Educational Needs: Development – Training – resource improvement, medical research: all aspects, health inequalities and quality improvement.

He has a special interest in bridging the gap between research evidence and clinical adoption to improve the quality of care for patients.

Key words for Michael are focus – deliver – better care.

Away from work Michael must be light on his feet – he’d like to learn to Tango and his guilty pleasure is Edith Piaf, red wine and ballroom dancing! His sport is cycling and the trip he’d like to do is Route 66 in the USA – whether that’s driving it, cycling it or dancing it, we’re not quite sure!