Mike is the first Managing Director of Hoople Ltd (formerly The Shared Service Partnership Ltd). Established in April 2011, Hoople is a unique joint venture between two NHS organisations (PCT and Hospital Trust) and the Local Authority in Herefordshire. It employees c.500 staff who were all TUPE’d on creation and has no private sector involvement.

Mike is a passionate and engaging leader who believes that everyone can improve service delivery and leaders are responsible for creating the environment in which this is encouraged and supported. Before taking the helm at Hoople, Mike was Head of Service Transformation at Buckinghamshire County Council with responsibility for the delivery of their multi-million pound change and transformation agenda.

Before this Mike has had a varied career with a range of different consultancy organisations including Deloitte and Grant Thornton, focusing on the delivery of performance improvement and operational change specifically within public and privatised organisations.