Michael Hill - King

Michael Hill-King joined Huawei Technologies in June 2015 as Collaboration Director, UK R&D Centre. Michael now leads the team that builds partner relationships, drives technology planning, scouts for great technology, identifies acquisition opportunities and manages a broad portfolio of technology cooperation projects in the UK – to build a better-connected world. Important aspects of this role are building and maintaining strong relationships with UK partners, especially universities, and communicating the strengths of UK research and technology to Huawei’s R&D team.

Prior to joining Huawei, Michael served as Director of Partnerships & Consultancy at King’s College London. There, he led a portfolio of functions for the university including major commercial partnerships, and knowledge transfer and entrepreneurial schemes. Michael joined King’s in September 2009 from Imperial College London where he led the College’s business development activities in Engineering and Technology, having joined the College in 2003 to manage major research bids and projects.

His areas of expertise are in business growth and technology development, knowledge transfer, collaborative research, intellectual property and industry-academic relations. Michael read Physics at the University of Sheffield and holds an MBA with distinction.