Chris Michaels

Head of Digital and Publishing at the British Museum

Chris Michaels is Head of Digital and Publishing at the British Museum. His mission is to embrace the potential of mobile, social and big data to transform the audience’s experience of the museum.
Chris was previously CEO at childrens‘ education mobile startup Mind- shapes; Senior Vice President at the international media company Chorion; Digital Publisher at HarperCollins, and started his professional career in advertising. He holds a PhD in American Literature from the University of Bristol.