Following my undergraduate studies in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, I completed a DPhil in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sussex. I subsequently enjoyed a 20-year business career as a consultant, a venture capitalist, and a private equity partner before returning to the academic world in 2009. Since 2010, I have co-founded two AI research laboratories at the University of Sussex, the Centre for Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos, and a AI-focused technology firm, CASM Technology LLP.