Our leadership team

Chief Executive and Chief Medical Officer

Raghib is a clinical epidemiologist whose research is focused on the causes, prevention and treatment of diseases including diabetes, heart disease and cancer, and on reducing health inequalities. He has spent the last 20 years at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and New York University working on similar studies, including UK Biobank and the UAE Healthy Future Study. He is also a Consultant in acute medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and an Honorary Consultant with the Office for Health Disparities and Improvement. He graduated from Cambridge University and has been awarded postgraduate degrees in Epidemiology and Public Health from the Universities of London, Cambridge and Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthdays Honours 2022 for services to the NHS and the Covid-19 response and was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the 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.

Executive Director of Science

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.

Executive Director of Ethics, Compliance and Governance

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 Financial and Operations 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.

Executive Director of Researcher Data and Product

Kate’s role is to ensure that Our Future Health data enables researchers to do groundbreaking work. She also looks after the product function. Kate spent nearly 20 years in UK government national security, using data and technology to keep the country safe. Kate is also a trustee for the charity Mental Health Matters and an adviser on the Data for London Board. She studied languages and philosophy, and holds a postgraduate degree in Social Business and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics.

‪Executive Director of Digital Health and Deputy Chief Medical 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.