Programme Management & External Funding Manager, Stockport Council

Michael has worked on a wide range of regeneration and economic development programmes and projects in both the public and private sectors. His current role at Stockport Council is to manage external funding bids to support physical regeneration. This includes Government funding (Future High Streets Fund, Towns Fund and the Housing Infrastructure Fund), EU funding and national lottery. Michael successfully steered through the business case for Stockport’s Rediscovering the Underbanks Townscape Heritage bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund.