Pete Mills is the Director of the PHG Foundation, an interdisciplinary health policy think tank embedded in the University of Cambridge, with the mission ‘to make science work for health’. Originally trained in philosophy, Pete has worked for nearly 25 years at the intersection of emerging science, ethics and public policy, on subjects including assisted reproductive technologies, human embryo research, agricultural biotechnology, genomics and genomic medicine, genome editing, the use of data in healthcare and biomedical research, technological innovation, human rights and public engagement.  

Before joining PHG, Pete was Associate Director at the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and he 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 staff 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.  In the UK he is currently a member of Genomics England’s Ethics Advisory Committee, and NHS England’s Ethics, Equity and Law Advisory Committee, among others. 

Pete read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Trinity College, Oxford, for his first degree, and has an MA and PhD in philosophy from the University of Warwick.