Mike is a registered occupational psychologist with over 16 years experience across the public, private and civil society sectors, designing and delivering executive assessment and leadership development solutions. He is experienced in the leadership capability requirements of senior executives working in board level roles and the most senior levels within large organisations. These have included Chief Executives, Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Non-Directors. Mike holds a BSc (Hons) from the University of Manchester and an MSc from the University of Nottingham. He began his career at the BBC where he became a Services Delivery Manager and oversaw the Assessment & Development and Outplacement teams for a major Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). He has since led teams within search firms, overseen executive assessments for the Civil Service and has delivered leadership development interventions including leadership develop programmes, coaching and mediation.