Michael Pritchard

Business adviser, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Inventor, Scientist, Social entrepreneur

Born in Epsom, Surrey in 1967, Michael was educated at Gordonstoun School in Scotland and progressed to the University of Redlands in California, USA where he studied Business Administration and Political Science. At the age of 18 he competed at international level winning a gold medal for England in the 4 x 100m relay. Michael’s career began in the computer industry selling Apple computers, after which he moved to Wace Group PLC in London as Business Development Director before co-founding Zagme.com a mobile ‘location based’ marketing company in 1998. In 2000 Michael started a property development company shortly followed by a risk assessment business in 2002. In 2006 Michael invented LIFESAVER with the first commercially available products going on sale in September 2007. Michael holds over 100 patents covering several fields including drinking water, aerosols and oil exploration. Michael has been a proud patron of the international aid exhibition Aidex for 3 years and has spoken and lectured at a number of international events including TED Global, MIT, iFest and PWC’s Diamond exchange. Michael has had numerous TV & Radio appearances including on BBC News, ITV, Italy’s IL SENSO della VITA, Fox News, ABC and many others. In 2009 he appeared on the BBC TV’s Dragon’s Den, pitching another of his inventions, the ANYWAY spray. ANYWAY spray technology removes the need for harmful propellants in aerosols such as butane and propane and allows for any orientation operation. In 2012 Michael consulted for BP’s Chief Technology Office on innovative solutions to prevent another ‘Deep Water Horizon’ catastrophe and has recently recorded a program for the BBC2’s flagship program ‘Horizon’ on nano-technology. Michael also accompanied Prime Minister David Cameron for a week on his Asian tour. Michael’s views on ending water poverty are now becoming better understood by the wider world. Michael’s TED video is used as an educational tool by hundreds of schools and colleges around the world. Educational establishments have started to teach these principles as part of the curriculum in Hong Kong (Longman Secondary Interactive Science (2nd edition)) and the UK (Optumus education - Inspiring Sustainability through Geography: Thought-provoking lessons for key stages 3 & 4). Michael’s products have been exhibited in museums and exhibitions around the world including Museum of Science, Boston USA; The British Science Museum, London UK; The Science Museum of Minnesota, USA and the National Army Museum, UK. In 2012, the LIFESAVER bottle became one of the 15 top British inventions included in the British Library’s exhibition ‘Inventing the 21st Century.’ In June 2013 Michael was awarded the highly respected Member of the British Empire (MBE) Award from Her Majesty the Queen for his outstanding achievement in service to the global community and being officially recognised in his efforts to end water poverty globally. In 2015 Michael sold LIFESAVER and is currently working on several new projects including licensing his ANYWAY spray technology to aerosol & spray manufacturers.

Inventing - driven by things that generally annoy me or make me mad.

By 2020 5% of all CO2 emissions will come from the use LPG's in Aerosols! This is madness. Vote to ban LPG's in Aerosols.

It is all summed up here. My TED story has changed my life. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html

Inventing other things..............