Our leadership team

CEO and Chief Investigator

Professor Raghib Ali is an internationally recognised leader in clinical epidemiology and population health whose research is helping to transform our understanding of the aetiology and prevention of non-communicable diseases, particularly in under-represented populations – in the UK and globally. He is the CEO and Chief Investigator of Our Future Health, the world’s largest health research programme of its kind with over 2.9 million participants, focussed on discovering new ways to prevent, detect, and treat disease. He was appointed as Chief Medical Officer in 2022 and CEO and Chief Investigator in 2023 and has built Our Future Health into the most diverse cohort in UK history with greater geographic, socio-economic and ethnic diversity than any previous study. He is also a Clinical Research Professor at the IMS Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Consultant in Acute Medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. He was awarded the OBE for services to the NHS and the Covid 19-response in 2022 and elected to the Honorary Fellowship of the UK Faculty of Public Health in 2023.

Chief Technology Officer

Marko’s role is to help create a secure and scalable set of platforms for Our Future Health and create a high-quality data resource available for researchers. He has over 25 years’ experience leading technology teams and developing innovations in academia, corporations, and start-ups, in both the UK and US. He also spent 5 years as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of NHS Digital. He studied Computer Science at Cambridge University, and has a PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from Stanford.

Chief Science Officer

Michael is a senior epidemiologist with broad and contemporary expertise in research, programme management, and scientific leadership. Michael was previously a tenured, Senior Investigator at the US National Institutes of Health. He has designed and conducted numerous studies to advance etiologic understanding, clinical management, and prevention of chronic disease.

Chief Compliance and Integrity Officer

Fiona joined Our Future Health in October 2021 and is responsible for the Ethics, Compliance and Governance function. She previously led the ethics function at Genomics England working across the 100,000 Genomes Project and the NHS Genomics Medicine Service. During the COVID pandemic, Fiona worked as an ethical advisor to Test and Trace and NHSX. She holds postgraduate degrees in neuroscience from Trinity College Dublin.

Chief Operating Officer

James is a chartered accountant and accredited project manager. He has over 20 years of multi-sector experience in major blue-chip organisations, including Credit Suisse First Boston, Centrica, Virgin Media and Colt, and has also worked in the not-for-profit sector at the Francis Crick Institute. Alongside financial management, James is focused on organisational effectiveness, creating a positive culture, clear governance and consistent delivery of high-quality operations. These strands are intwined in his role at Our Future Health. To achieve success, he is passionate about combining insightful reporting and open discussions in a way that drives operational performance and decision-making. This has led to him publishing a book on The Art of Discussion. James studied Mathematics at Worcester College, Oxford University.

Chief Product Officer

Cosima leads on two core parts of Our Future Health’s programme: returning health insights to our volunteers, and enabling our research community to conduct recontact studies. She started her career as an NHS doctor and went on to work at health technology start-ups. During the pandemic, Cosima was Deputy Director for new COVID-19 testing technologies at NHS Test & Trace, where she led the establishment of mobile and automated diagnostic laboratories across the UK. Cosima studied Experimental Psychology at Oxford University and Clinical Medicine at King’s College London.

Chief Business Officer

Andrew Miles is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of leadership experience in life sciences and technology sectors. Having held senior roles at Pfizer, Merck, GSK and Google, he has driven strategic growth, innovation and impactful collaborations worldwide. Previously, he spearheaded Google Cloud’s Healthcare and Life Sciences vertical for EMEA, transforming it into the company’s fastest-growing industry. He serves on the board of the Whitehall Industry Group, promoting cross-sector collaboration for societal betterment.

Chief Data Officer

Adam’s focus is on ensuring researchers can use Our Future Health data to discover new ways to prevent, detect and treat disease while maintaining public trust. He also ensures data supports decision-making and operational excellence across the organisation, shapes Our Future Health’s approach to data as a core asset, and oversees data platforms and pipelines. Before joining Our Future Health, Adam led national-scale health data programmes at the Health Foundation, shaping data strategy and investment across the UK. At the Nuffield Trust, he pioneered data linkage and causal inference methods. Adam has a PhD in Public Health.