Dr Thompson has over 15 years’ experience in translational research and early clinical development. He joined Mission as Medical Director for CNS in 2016 from ONO Pharma UK, where he was Clinical Science Director. Prior to this he worked at GlaxoSmithKline, where he led global project teams as Director of Discovery Medicine in Neurology, following previous roles in laboratory biomarker research and experimental medicine study leadership. Dr Thompson holds an MBiochem from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Immuno- and Cell Biology from UCL.

He is also a member of the British Pharmacological Society, Society for Neuroscience and American Academy of Neurology, and is currently the Principal Investigator on a Target Validation award from the Michael J Fox Foundation.