Client Services Director
Mike joint Mapeley in April 2001 with nearly 20 years' operations and client service experience covering a broad base of blue chip businesses that include Camelot Group, Cadbury Schweppes and British Nuclear Fuels.

Mike created the sales and retail distribution strategies for the UK National Lottery for Camelot and drove their implementation. In recent years, as Corporate Development Director, he was responsible for driving Camelot's expansion into international markets, including the South African National Lottery and other operations in South East Asia and the Americas. This role focused on building strong relationships with several national Governments (primarily Ministries of Finance) and with overall responsibility for Operations.

Prior to that, Mike came from a senior commercial role within Cadbury Schweppes plc responsible for driving sales growth of some of the UK's best?known brands through key national accounts.

In addition, Mike held senior manufacturing and technical positions within Cadbury Ltd including managing a third of Cadbury's UK manufacturing base (which won the Queen's Award for Export in 1993) and pioneering the development of a major new feedstock supply chains.

Mike holds an Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering (class 2.1) from the University of Leeds in the UK and is also a graduate of Warwick University, where he earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration (achieved with Distinction).