The Sport and Social Responsibility Summit

Mike was born in Workington, Cumbria and educated at Calday Grange Grammar School on the Wirral. He is a graduate of the University of Leeds, where he successfully completed an Honours degree in Management Studies with Russian.

Mike has been in BT since 1992 and has had several different roles in BT Government Services. His current role is that of Director of Central Government & Home Affairs. His customers are all of the main departments of government and police forces in England. He lives in the North West and has been BT’s Regional Director for the North West since 2007. This role gives him the chance to support all of BT’s activities in the Region, both commercial and community based.

In June 2008 Mike was appointed as the Chair of Greater Manchester’s Commission for Economic Development, Employment and Skills. The Commission is one of a series of commissions being established as part of the changes in the governance of Greater Manchester and will support the work of the Greater Manchester Executive, concentrating initially on implementing Manchester’s Multi Area Agreement and the Manchester Economic Strategy. Mike has been a Trustee of NYAS since 2000. This is a National charity based in Birkenhead which gives socio-legal advice and advocacy support to children and young people.

Mike is Chair of governors at one of the new Manchester Academies, the Communication Academy, which will open in 2010. Mike is a member of the 4NW Regional Leaders Forum for the North West of England. Mike is also a Director of Midas, Manchester’s inward investment agency and sits on the North West advisory board for the charity Business in the Community.

Mike is married and lives in Cheshire. He has 2 sons and a daughter.