Michelle Shuttleworth

Michelle is the Chief Financial Officer of the Crick and is responsible for the Institute’s financial leadership.

Michelle graduated from the London School of Economics & Political Science in 1999 and went on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, specialising in financial services advisory and M&A in 2001. Following a variety of commercial finance and partnership roles with Virgin Entertainment Group and Burberry Plc, she joined the BBC, working on a number of growth initiatives and change programmes, latterly becoming Finance Director of the non-broadcast portfolio. Upon leaving the BBC, Michelle joined Thomson Reuters and became Chief Financial Officer of the Legal business in the UK.

Michelle left Thomson Reuters in 2019 and has since supported a number of charities through interim strategic positions, including Scope and The Science Museum Group. She also sits on the Board of The Photographer’s Gallery in Soho.

Michelle joined the Crick as interim CFO in May 2022, and appointed to the role permanently in August of the same year.