SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Mike Smith Director
For the last twelve years
Mike has worked in the charity sector achieving considerable
strategic and operational change, generated new income
streams and developed new partnership arrangements. At Westminster
Abbey he was Assistant Chief Executive responsible
for the design and implementation of Recovering
the Calm, an award-winning project that enhanced the
quality of visitor experience and touched every part
of the Abbey's life. He moved on to lead a North
London charity committed to providing high quality support
for those living with cancer.
In the commercial world Mike has led large management service teams with some of the largest names in the UK's leisure and retail sectors. He was a non-executive director with Ealing Family Housing Association (now part of Catalyst Housing Group), and formerly a volunteer at Open Door when it first opened its doors to the homeless in St Albans. By training Mike is a chartered accountant.
Mike and family live in St Albans. His wife Fiona is a teacher, Katriona has just finished her first year studying zoology at Bristol University, and Phil is a keen sportsman at Beaumont School. They worship at Trinity United Reformed Church.