Chris Michaels

Chris Michaels is an established leader in the digital transformation of the cultural and creative sectors. He acts as Advisor to Bolton and Quinn, the world’s premier communications agency for arts and culture; to Human Economics, a strategy consultancy; to the Haus Der Kunst in Munich and to Tesseract Icons, a digital rights company. From 2017 to 2022 Chris was an executive director at the National Gallery in London, where he founded National Gallery X, an innovation lab for the future of art and technology.

Chris was an AHRC Creative Industries Fellow in 2021-22, a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London, and a Bloomberg Technology Fellow. He has been named a 5G Trailblazer by Ericsson, as one of 25 key figures in the adoption of this critical new technology, and was named one of the 10 most influential figures in the museum sector by Blooloop in 2022. He holds a PhD from the University of Bristol and an MPA from UCL.