Background
Whitlam, Michael Richard was born on March 25, 1947 in Normanton, Yorkshire, England. Son of Richard William and Mary Elizabeth (Land) Whitlam.
Voluntary sector administrator
Whitlam, Michael Richard was born on March 25, 1947 in Normanton, Yorkshire, England. Son of Richard William and Mary Elizabeth (Land) Whitlam.
Certified in education, University Warwick, 1968. Master of Philosophy, Cranfield Institute of Technology, 1988.
Biology teacher North Yorks District, Ripon, 1968-1969. Assistant government Her Majesty Borstal Hollesley Bay and Her Majesty Prison, Brixton, 1969-1974. Director Hammersmith Teenage Project, London, 1974-1978.
Deputy director United Kingdom operations Save the Children Fund, 1978-1986. Chief executive Royal National Institute Deaf, 1986-1990. Director general British Red Cross Society, 1990-1999.
Chief executive Mentor Foundation, 1999—2001, consultant, 2001—2002. Chief executive International Agency Prevention Blindness. Board directors Charity Appointments, Ltd., Retired Executives Action Clearing House.
Chairman Sound Advantage Plc, 1988-1990. Member executive council Howard League, 1974-1984. Chairman Prisoners Abroad, 1999-2003, board directors, since 2003.
Member Community Alternative Young Offenders Committee, National Association Care Resettlement Offenders, 1979-1982. Executive council National Children's Bureau, 1980-1986. Chairman London Intermediate Treatment Association, 1980-1983.
Companion Chartered Institute Management, since 1997. Commander Order British Empire. Fellow Royal Society Arts.
Member National Volunteer Organizations (associate chief executives since 1988), Retired Executives Action Clearing House (board directors 1997), New Cavendish Club, Chartered Institute Management.
Married Anne Jane McCurley, August 23, 1968. Children: Rowena Cross, Kirsty Evans.