Hello
I’m Mike Beckett
Qualifications
- Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors (IoD)
- IoD East of England Chair’s prestigious Director of the Year Award 2021
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising
- Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
- Freeman of the Cinque Port Liberty of Brightlingsea
- Freeman of the City of London
Experience
- Board-level experience as Executive Director, NED, Chair, CEO and Company Secretary.
Mike Beckett
Governance & Fundraising Advisor
I am a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors (IoD), and awarded the IoD East of England Chair’s prestigious Director of the Year Award 2021. I am a Member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, a Freeman of the Cinque Port Liberty of Brightlingsea and a Freeman of the City of London. I live with Rev Caroline Beckett, Vicar of Brightlingsea, with our 2 children, 2 dogs, and cats. My life goals are to solve problems, enable and support people, to achieve social virtue.
I have Board-level experience as Executive Director, NED, Chair, CEO and Company Secretary. As both infrastructure and frontline charity Trustee, Credit Union President, Local Education Authority Governor and Chair of Governors, NHS Governor, Local Councillor, Consortia Chair and Specialist Advisor. I am skilled in strategic planning, project management & and outcome monitoring. My portfolio career experience includes advice, business development, business strategy, championing equalities, fundraising, health and safety, human capital development, Intrapreneurship, legal aid, NHS, property, research, well-being and volunteer management.
I took stewardship of Colchester Foodbank charity in mid-September 2017, I turned around a loss-making to a slight surplus. In 2018, our Foodbank won the National Charities against Fraud Award. Our supporters in 2020 have promoted Charity’s Facebook profile to the most liked foodbank in the British Isles, and the busiest Foodbank became the busiest Foodbank in Essex. In 2021 we moved to larger premises in Tollgate, Stanway and we became the busiest Foodbank in the East of England, turnover increased tenfold.Transitioned to CIO. Experienced NHS Foundation Trust Governor, overseeing a turnover of over £400 million, a project I initiated was cited as recommended good practice by the regulator, Monitor. Former local Councillor served four terms, also served as a local Citizens Advice Manger, local Mind Executive Director and local Mencap Chair.