Mike Kirk
Board Member
Mike is Chair of the Hyde Group Board. He joined Hyde from housing association Vivid, where he was Chair from 2017, following the merger of First Wessex (where he was Chair) and Sentinel. He is also currently a trustee of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust and was previously Executive Chairman at Quadrise, Chair of Portsmouth Water, Senior Independent Director at KBC Advanced Technologies plc, Managing Director of PR agency Weber Shandwick/Square Mile and a Partner at investment bank Cazenove & Co.
Mike studied chemical engineering and nuclear fuels technology at the University of Leeds and Imperial Collage, respectively. After an early career in the chemical, nuclear and loss prevention industries, Mike gained a Finance MBA from Bayes Business School and worked as an investment banking advisor to major companies in the utilities, oil & gas, technology, and engineering sectors.