Michael Hearty

Biography

Michael Hearty is a Non-Executive Director at HMRC. He is a highly experienced, professionally qualified, senior manager with extensive strategic and operational leadership experience in 2 large and complex UK government departments: the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Education, the latter at Board level. More recently, he spent 5 years on the Board of the Welsh Government, the executive arm of devolved government in Wales, where he provided strategic advice, challenge and support directly to both the First Minister and Finance Minister for Wales on a range of strategic and finance matters. Widely respected for integrity, strategic insight and pragmatism, with particular strengths in transformational change, leadership development and partnership working, Michael is also an experienced non-executive director, having advised high profile organisations such as the Department of Health and Public Health England. Michael was a member of CIPFA’s Council for 4 years and is currently a member of the CIPFA Standards and Financial Reporting Board.