Michael Rowan Hamilton John O'Regan

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(born c. 1947) is a British businessman and the co-founder of

RM plc RM plc is a British company that specialises in providing information technology products and services to educational organisations and establishments. Its key market is UK education including schools, colleges, universities, government educati ...

. O'Regan graduated with an

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

degree from

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. In 1973, with

Mike Fischer Mike David Fischer CBE is the co-founder of the computer company RM plc. Fischer graduated with a physics degree from Oxford University. In 1973, with Mike O'Regan (who had an economics degree from Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a List of ...

(who had a

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

degree from

Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...

), O'Regan co-founded Research Machines, a British

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and then

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company for the educational market. He was an executive director until 1992, when he became a non-executive director. He has been a non-executive director of a number of other companies as well, including the Oxford Technology Venture Capital Trusts. O'Regan was awarded an honorary degree by

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (OBU; formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Th ...

in 1999. With RM co-founder,

O'Regan was awarded an honorary degree by the

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in 2002. O'Regan was appointed an

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(OBE) in the

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, for services to Education, Training and Economic Development in South East England.United Kingdom: He was a governor of Oxford Brookes University and of The Oxford Academy Trust, and a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire from 2003 until 2014 when he and his wife Jane moved to Wiltshire. O'Regan is the founder and Chair o
Hamilton Trust
which ran Maths Year 2000 for the British government, and co-founded early years charit
Peeple

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1999

British businesspeople Alumni of the University of Cambridge Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1940s births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-business-bio-1940s-stub