SIR MICHAEL RAKE
Sir Michael Rake has spent most of his executive career with KPMG, joining in 1974 to work in Continental Europe, before transferring to the Middle East for three years in 1986. He transferred to London in 1989, became a member of their UK Board in 1991 and was elected UK Senior Partner in 1998.

From May 2002 to September 2007 Sir Michael was Chairman of KPMG International. Prior to this he was Chairman of KPMG in Europe and Senior Partner of KPMG in the UK.

BOARD MANDATES
Sir Michael is Chairman of BT Group plc. and of easyJet plc.

He is a Director of McGraw Hill Inc. and the Financial Reporting Council and Senior Independent Director of Barclays plc.

Sir Michael is Chairman of the private equity oversight group the Guidelines Monitoring Committee.

He is a member of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group, Vice President and Chairman of Governors of Wellington College, a Vice President of the RNIB, a member of the Board of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, a Trustee of the Prince of Wales' Charitable Foundation, a member of the Advisory Council for Business for New Europe, Senior Adviser for Chatham House and on the Global Advisory Board of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.

Sir Michael is also a William Pitt Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

He was the first Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills from 2007 to 2010 and was a member of the National Security Forum for 2009/2010.

He was also Chairman of Business in the Community from 2004-2007 and a member of the board of the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum from 1998 to 2007.

AWARDS
Sir Michael was knighted in the 2007 New Year's Honours List.