Mike Green moves on after decade at DfE
Mike Green has been appointed chief executive at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).
The government鈥檚 former schoolbuilding boss has worked in the civil service for a decade, most recently as chief operating officer of the Department for Education (DfE) and director general of its operations directorate.
Prior to these roles, he served as the director of capital at the Education Funding Agency, overseeing the Priority Schools 黑洞社区 Programme as well as site acquisition and construction on the government鈥檚 Free School Programme.
Before joining the civil service, Green worked as a civil engineer for various contractors including Mowlem, AF Budge and Thyssen, later overseeing the maintenance of 3,000 buildings at the property arm of retailer Boots.
Green will replace Graham Dalton as the boss of the DIO, after the former chief executive鈥檚 retirement last month.
As part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the DIO serves as the UK鈥檚 Armed Forces鈥� estate expert, enabling military capacity by building, maintaining and servicing infrastructure.
Green said the next months would see him 鈥済etting to know the organisation and working closely with our customers to ensure that the needs of Service Personnel and families are at the forefront of everything we do鈥�.
MoD permanent secretary David Williams added: 鈥淢ike brings a wealth of very relevant leadership, commercial, transformation and delivery experience and the strong customer focus required to deliver effective service improvements.鈥�
DIO board chairperson Neil Sachdev said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 an exciting time in DIO鈥檚 journey, as it steps up to the challenge of delivering against its ambitious 10-year strategy.
鈥淢ike joins us at a time when DIO steps up to deliver for our customers, creating a world-class Defence estate.鈥�
According to a job advertisement on LinkedIn, the DfE is still looking for Green鈥檚 replacement.
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