Professor Mick Peake OBE
UKLCC Founder
Professor Michael Peake OBE, is now largely retired but remains Hon. Professor of Respiratory Medicine, in the University of Leicester and Emeritus Consultant at the University Hospitals of Leicester. He still works with Cancer Research UK as the clinical lead of their ACE3 programme. He is the founder and current Chair of the UKLCC. His other roles have included: National Clinical Lead for Lung Cancer at the Department of Health, Clinical Director of the Centre for Cancer Outcomes, University College London Hospitals and Clinical Lead for the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service. He established the National Lung Cancer Audit and co-founded Mesothelioma UK and the British Thoracic Oncology Group. He has been involved in national cancer policy since the 1990s and published widely, major interests being early cancer diagnosis and improving outcomes for patients by proper service configuration, supported by clinical outcome data. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2020 for his services to medicine.