Mike Tyrrell

DERYCK MICHAEL TYRRELL
MIKE
23 June 1948 - 30 July 2002

Mike Tyrrell (Deryck Michael)
BD, MA, Ph.D., AICS, ACA.

Mike was a passionate and enthusiastic supporter of the principles of ethical investment. His financial experience, gained in a variety of roles both in the business and voluntary sectors, gave him the authority and standing of Someone Who Knows What He Is Talking About. His sense of justice and ethics were shaped in no small part by his Christian faith, as well as his various voluntary commitments.

Mike would constantly challenge the way CEIG operates. It was this attitude of "we can always do things better" that led to the formation of the CEIG website, our gateway to the wider world. He was always looking for new avenues to explore, as demonstrated by the numerous seminars and conferences that he either attended or delivered.

Mike collected a large amount of material on ethical investment. That which we have on paper or on disk can truly be described as "encyclopedic". There was so much more that was not recorded on paper!

CEIG is indebted to Mike for his Chairmanship and all he has done to promote the cause of ethical investment, and his death represents a great loss to the Group. CEIG will continue forward, keeping in mind the example that Mike has set, and building on the excellent foundations that he helped to lay.

(19th October 2002)

Educated:
High Storrs Grammar School, Sheffield
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Aston University

Training Adviser, Local Government Training Board (1975-1977)
Training Services Manager, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (1977-1980)
Trainee & Manager, Price Waterhouse, Chartered Accountants, Birmingham (1980-1989)
Group Development Manager, Rugby Group Plc (1989-1999)
Chief Financial Officer Europe Division, Rugby Group Plc (1999-2000)
Freelance Business Trouble Shooter (from 2000)
Managing Director, Three Tees Tandem Ltd, Business Advisory Services

Director of Keynote Housing Association, Coventry
Independent Member, Warwick District Council Standards Committee

Chairman of the Christian Ethical Investment Group

Business Ethics Advisor (Institute of Chartered Accountants)
Treasurer, Birmingham & West Midlands Society of Chartered Accountants

Independent Examiner of the Leamington Spa Competitive Festival

Church of England:
Reader since 1975 in the Dioceses of Birmingham, Oxford and Coventry
Member of the General Synod of the Church of England since 1985
Chaired Churchwardens' Measure Revision Committee 1996
Member of Business Committee (since 1995)
Member of Audit Committee (since 1999)
Member of Standing Orders Committee
Chairman, Diocesan House of Laity (1991-1997)

General Synod representative on The General Council of Crosslinks
Trustee and Administrator, The Anglican Trust
Trustee, Queen Victoria Clergy Fund
Chairman, St Marks Gilbert Scott Trust

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