Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE Non-executive Director
Lord Dr Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE is an Independent Peer in the House of Lords. He is the Chairman of SOAS University London and the recent former Chancellor of Regent’s University London; he is currently the Professor of Leadership at the Stephen R Covey Institute at the Jon Huntsman Business School, USA; a Non-Executive Director at Saxton Bampfylde, the Executive Search firm and an NED at Cornerstone VC Fund and Chairman of the Pathway Fund – a Dormant Assets affiliate. He is the Chairman of the ADEN Board of Advisors linked to AFRIfund Capital.
Lord Hastings was the Global Head of Citizenship for KPMG International from 2006 to 2019 and before that, the BBC’s Head of Public Affairs & then BBC Head of Corporate Responsibility from 1996 to 2006 having been the political presenter of Around Westminster on BBC2 and before that Chief Political Correspondent at GMTV and early morning 6-7am live presenter at TVAM.
Lord Hastings was the longest serving Commissioner for Racial Equality from 1991 to 2000 and was the founding Chairman of the Black British Initiative now running a hugely successful MBA programme at SOAS University. Lord Hastings has been involved with ONE YOUNG WORLD since its inception – and is now a main Board Trustee and member of the Advisory Board. He is also a Vice President of UNICEF and former President of the UK Community Foundations network.
He was conferred with a CBE by HM The Queen for his services to crime reduction in 2003 as the Founder and Chair of Crime Concern ( from 1988 to 2009) and subsequently the founder of Catch22 and its VP since 2009 ; then an Independent Peerage from HM The Queen in 2005; then the UNICEF Global Award in 2005 for his tireless work developing effective positive solutions for Africa’s children; a Doctorate in Civil Law from the University of Kent, Canterbury in 2014 in recognition for his leadership at KPMG, the BBC and for his work in international development and corporate responsibility and in 2019 he was the first ever recipient of the Stephen R Covey Leadership Award for a life built on principles and values.
Lord Hastings is the co-founder of a unique prisons and prisoner intervention network called MyBrothersKeeper, a cause most dear to his heart. He is Patron of SPARK2LIFE & EVERYONE’S GANG.