Mike is a chartered accountant, with a career working for international and regional accounting firms. He was a partner at accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston from 1995 to 2022. He is a director of a luxury country house hotel, Lucknam Park. Mike has substantial expertise in accounting and advisory work, with a specialism in charities and education, advising on risk, governance and financial matters. As well as Abingdon School, he has significant experience as a trustee or adviser to a number of other charities. He is a current trustee of Greenham Trust. An economics graduate of St John’s College Cambridge, Mike has two sons who were both educated at Abingdon. Mike’s off-duty interests include golf, sport, current affairs, walking and travel.