Mike Grocott is the Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Southampton, director of the Southampton NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (2022-28), chair of the BRC director’s forum (2025-27) and an NIHR Senior Investigator (reappointed 2022). He was formerly NIHR CRN national specialty lead for Anaesthesia Perioperative Medicine and Pain (2015-2020).

Mike was elected vice-president (2019-20), council member and trustee of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (2016-2026). He served on the board of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (2013-2016) and was president of the Critical Care Medicine section of the Royal Society of Medicine (2017-19). He was the founding director of the Health Services Research Centre at the Royal College of Anaesthetists (2010-15), founding chair of the UK National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (2011-16) and served as chair of the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA) Board and Council (2018-2024).

Mike is current president of the Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI; 2025-), joint editor-in-chief of Perioperative Medicine (2017-), leads the Xtreme Everest Oxygen Research Consortium and is a trustee of the British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA; 2026-). He has authored/co-authored more than 450 scientific manuscripts and been awarded more than £60 million in grant funding.  He is an honorary professor at University College London.