Mike ELLINGHAM

Biography

Mike Ellingham joined Lead International as Chief Operating and Financial Officer in January 2001. He had spent the previous nine years as Finance Director of the Management Charter Initiative. This was a programme jointly funded by the UK Government and large corporations to improve the quality of management in the UK, particularly in small and medium sized enterprises, where the high levels of failure are largely attributable to poorly trained or inadequate management. He has also served as Secretary to the National Forum for Management Education and Development and to the Management and Enterprise National Training Organisation

His earlier career included senior financial posts in the Balfour Beatty construction group and has lived and worked extensively overseas principally in South Africa and the Middle East.

As well as holding chartered qualifications as an accountant and company secretary he has a masters degree in strategic financial management.

He is also a trustee of the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) whose mission is to promote change by empowering disabled people to achieve rights and expectations and by influencing the way that disabled people are viewed as members of society.

This biography was last updated on October 30, 2007