Mike is an experienced Director with background in the hospitality and leisure sector and brings Board level skills in formulating and prioritising business strategy. Director and Non-Executive Director experience includes: a private equity company engaged in a successful turnaround; one of the leading health and social care social enterprises in the UK; has also spent two years as Interim Director of Commercial Services for a 'Russell Group' University.

Mike was a Partner and Director of the Russell Partnership between 2000 and 2015. Mike was a director of The Total Simulator Company and led the team that developed the HOTS Business Simulation. HOTS is a computer simulation, based on a hotel model, which is widely used for management training and team development for organisations including Marriott International, Deloitte, and Hilton.

Mike is a member of the Institute of Hospitality (IoH) and is a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).