Mike Green was the Chief Operating Officer of the Department for Education and Director General of the Operations Directorate between 2012 and 2022. His previous roles included: Director of Commercial, DfE Departmental lead for the response to Grenfell Director of Capital, Education and Skill Funding Agency Mike is a graduate of the Major Projects Leadership Academy (MPLA) at Saïd Business School, Oxford University and was Senior Responsible Officer for 2 of the department’s major programmes. Before joining the Civil Service, Mike was a civil engineer and spent his career in the private sector working for companies such as Boots.