Mike Wistow

Mike was elected as Chair of UKSCS in October 2022.

He has a long history of involvement with public and charitable sector organisations. He has previously been a Trustee in a Community Arts organisation and a College of Further Education. He is the founding Director of Aegir Consulting Limited which has worked with several Third Sector bodies on developing and implementing longer-term strategies. He is also a Director/Trustee of Lincolnshire Action Trust.

Mike was previously Secretary, and then Chair of NPRIE, the national Probation research body, working with the Home Office, universities and Criminal Justice bodies to understand what constitutes effective intervention. This then informed national policy to move in the direction of evidence-based practice.

Mike has been a Trustee of UKSCS since 2019. He has a deep attachment to the co-operative movement going back many years, based on both experience and philosophy.