Michael Barber (educationist)
Sir Michael Bayldon Barber (born 24 November 1955) is a British former civil servant and educationist known for serving as head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit under Tony Blair’s government. He was knighted in 2005 for his contributions. He is the founder and chairman of Delivery Associates, a global advisory firm.
Micheal Barber | |
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Official Government Portrait | |
| Head of Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| Chairman of Somerset County Cricket Club | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Chancellor of Exeter University | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Micheal Bayldon Barber 24 November 1955 (age 69) Liverpool, Lancashire , England |
| Citizenship | Britain |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
He has advised governments in over 60 countries on issues of public policy and delivery. He was the founder and first head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit under Prime Minister Tony Blair, and later served as chief education advisor at Pearson, and as a partner at McKinsey, where he was head of the global education practice. He served as co-chair of Boston Consulting Group's not-for-profit foundation and the Centre for Public Impact.
Barber published How to Run a Government: So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don’t go Crazy in 2015, and his second book, Accomplishment – How to achieve ambitious and challenging things, was published by Penguin in 2021.
In 2021, he was asked by the UK Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary to conduct a review of government delivery after COVID-19. In January 2022, Barber was appointed Chancellor of the University of Exeter. In April 2022, Barber was announced as the new chairman of Somerset County Cricket Club.