Dr Pete Mills

Pete Mills is the Director of the PHG Foundation, a health policy think tank and linked charity of the University of Cambridge, with the mission ‘to make science work for health’. Before joining PHG, Pete was Associate Director at the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and has previously held positions at the UK’s Department of Health (as Head of Human Genetics and Bioethics), and the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.

From 2007-10 he led the Secretariat of the Human Genetics Commission, advising UK health and science ministers on the implications of developments in genetics for individuals and society. Pete has served in representative and advisory roles on number of national and international bodies, including the Council of Europe Bioethics Committee, the UNESCO Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee, the World Economic Forum Global Futures Council on Biotechnology and the Global Observatory for Genome Editing.

Originally trained in philosophy, Pete has worked for nearly 25 years at the intersection of emerging science, ethics and public policy, researching and writing on subjects including assisted reproductive technologies, agricultural biotechnology, genomics and genomic medicine, genome editing, the use of data in healthcare and biomedical research, technological innovation, human rights and public engagement.