Mike is a farmer’s son from Lincolnshire who graduated at Nottingham University with a BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Sciences.

In 1975 he took up a post with full responsibility for the management of an arable and beef farm business of a well-known Nottinghamshire Farmer before joining Andersons, Farm Business Consultants in 1979 based at Melton Mowbray as an agriculture business consultant.

In 2014 Mike retired from Andersons to set up Expert Agriculture Ltd. and was appointed Chief Executive of the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants in May, 2014, a post that he held for ten years.

He has a national reputation in the fields of specialist feasibility study, litigation, managed recovery and insolvency practices providing services for farming clients as well as the financial institutions, accountants and the legal profession

He follows International rugby and motor sports. As well as being actively involved in life in both West and North Yorkshire he crews a racing yacht