Michael Queen

Michael joined the Board of IP Group in May 2026 as Chair Designate and Non-executive Director. He will become Chair of the Board following IP Group’s Annual General Meeting on 18 June 2026.

Michael was formerly Chief Executive of 3i Group plc, the global investment company where after 25 years he retired in 2012 having developed 3i’s activities in the infrastructure sector through founding 3i Infrastructure plc. He is currently Chair of Coller Capital Ltd, a UK based international Private Equity Group, Pro-Chancellor of the University of Surrey, Chair of Thames Tideway Tunnel and a non-executive director of TAQA, a Middle East based industrial group.

He has extensive experience in the public and private sectors, having been a member of the Prime Ministers Business Advisory Group from 2010-2012 and having been seconded to HM Treasury in 1994 to help to develop the potential for the Private Finance Initiative in the NHS as Head of the NHS Private Finance Unit. In 2002 Michael was Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and he was also President of Surrey 100, a Business Angel Group attached to the University of Surrey from 2012 to 2018. Michael has a BA (Hons) Industrial Economics from Nottingham University and is a Chartered Accountant.