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Sir Michael (Mike) Rake FCA, FCGI

Sir Michael (Mike) Rake FCA, FCGI

Experienced Chairman: Public Sector, Private Sector
Experienced CEO: Partnership

  • 29 years of international senior leadership experience
  • Multi-industry knowledge in private equity, financial services, technology, telecommunications, consulting, energy, property, retail and leisure, government
  • Experience as a Nomination Committee Chair, Audit Committee member, Business Development Committee member, Compensation Committee member, Finance Committee member, Governance Committee member, Investment Committee member, Risk Committee member
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Current Positions

Sir Michael Rake serves as Chairman of Wireless Logic Group Ltd, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Phoenix Global Resources plc, Majid Al Futtaim Holdings LLC, Newday Group UK Ltd and The International Chamber of Commerce UK, and is a Non-Executive Director at Huawei Technologies (UK) Co. Ltd. He is also a Senior Advisor for Chatham House.

Industry Knowledge

Sir Michael served as the Chairman of BT Group plc, was the former International Chairman of KPMG and, prior to his appointment as International Chairman, was Chairman of KPMG in Europe and Senior Partner of KPMG in the UK. 

He was Chairman of Worldpay Group plc, Chairman of EasyJet plc, President of the CBI, a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group and a Non-Executive Director of Barclays plc, becoming Deputy Chairman from 2012 to 2015. He was also a Director of S&P Global Inc.

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