Mike held several senior positions across central government. Since leaving the Civil Service he has established a portfolio of Non-Executive and Advisory roles.
His career in the Civil Service began when he joined the Department of Health and Social Security. He worked in operational delivery before moving into regional management and then into a series of policy roles.
Mike moved into government finance in the 1990s. He held several senior roles, including Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Department for Work and Pensions from 2012. In 2016 he became the CFO at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and, in 2017, was also appointed as Head of the Government Finance Function (GFF) at HM Treasury. As Head of the GFF, he focused on driving the agenda to substantially strengthen the finance function’s critical role at the heart of government.
From August 2020, Mike spent six months as the Interim Permanent Secretary at the MoJ, before being appointed the Senior Responsible Officer for the Borders and Managed Quarantine Programme at the Department of Health and Social Care. In September 2021, Mike left the Civil Service and now holds roles with several organisations including Sopra Steria, Maximus, KPMG, Newton and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Mike is a chartered public finance accountant, and a chartered management accountant. He was President of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting (CIPFA) and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in Queen Elizabeth II’s 2018 Birthday Honours.