Mike Jackson has been chief executive at Richmond and Wandsworth Councils since October 2022. Mike has been a local authority CEO since 2013, at Bristol City Council from 2018, and at North Somerset Council before that. Mike has held a variety of other leadership role across the public sector, working in the Department of Transport, Cabinet Office and Government Office for the East Midlands, as well as Nottingham City Council and Norfolk County Council.
An economist by training, Mike began his local government career in economic development at Birmingham City Council before joining the Government Economic Service and subsequently moving into policy roles in the civil service.