Cambridge Investment Research Ltd
Team

Justin Hayward

Justin was Stephen Hawking's PhD student at the applied mathematics and theoretical physics department at Cambridge University from 1991, and graduated in 1995. In 2001, he founded CIR and still directs the company. He was a research analyst at the fixed income and relative value group at Deutsche Bank in London, financial modeling. Justin holds an MBA from the Judge Business School, Cambridge.
Justin enjoys mountain walking, skiing, and real tennis.
He is married, has one son, and lives in Cambridge.

Mike McCreary

Mike is a CIR Associate Consultant since 2004. In 1992, Mike joined Aeroflex (formerly IFR and Marconi Instruments) as Manufacturing Director. Prior to Aeroflex, Mike was at Raytheon Cossor Electronics for 14 years, becoming Manufacturing Director in 1986. He served his Apprenticeship at Standard Telephones and Cables, then working for Marconi Avionics, Hunting Engineering and Rank Xerox. Following being Manufacturing Director, Mike became Director and General Manager, Systems and Service there, in 1997; he was appointed as Managing Director in 2000. Mike is a Chartered Engineer, a Member of the IET, a Member of the IOM and an Associate of the CMI. He is married with two teenage daughters and enjoys golf, hill walking, reading and music.

CIR partner consultants

As a dynamic, flexible, modern, services company, CIR has a number of two-way agreements with partner expert consultants and analysts. These partners are themselves independent companies or individual consultants. They are mainly based in the Cambridge and London areas. CIR has agreements with printing, displays, electronics, biotechnology, sustainable manufacturing, nanotechnology, energy, and software industry experts. It forms teams in these sectors, to solve the problems most often of technology companies or their supporters. CIR also has good connections with investors: from business angel, venture capitalist, private equity, and large global corporate investors.