Sir Michael Barber
Sir Michael Barber joined McKinsey in September 2005 as the expert partner in its Global Public Sector Practice. He has been working on major challenges of performance, organisation and reform of government and the public services, in the USA, UK and other countries. He also leads McKinsey's Global Education Practice and is actively engaged in education reform projects on four continents.
From 2001-2005 he was the founder and first head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, where he oversaw the implementation of the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair's, priority programmes. These included education health, education, transport, policing, the criminal justice system and asylum/immigration, among others.
Between 1997 and 2001, Michael Barber was Chief Adviser to the Secretary of State for Education on School Standards, where he was responsible for the implementation of the British government's school reform programme.
Prior to joining government, Michael was a Professor at the Institute of Education, University of London. He is the author of Instruction to Deliver and numerous other books and articles.