Sir Michael Rake
British businessman
Sir Michael Derek Vaughan Rake (born 17 January 1948) is a British businessman, former chairman of BT Group, former chairman of Worldpay and a director of S&P Global. He served as president of the CBI from 2013 until 2015.2
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Born Jan 17, 1948.1
About
He was appointed to the board of Huawei Technologies UK on 14 April 2020, having worked as an advisor for the company since 1 January 2019.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedWellington College3
Rake was born in Rugby on 17 January 1948, the son of Group Captain Derek Shannon Vaughan Rake OBE AFC and Bar and Rosamond née Barrett. He went to prep school in Devon, followed by Wellington College. He qualified as a chartered accountant.
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Career
Occupation: accountant, entrepreneur.9
- 2010 to 2013Chair, easyJet8
- 2007 to 2017Chair, BT Group6
- 2007 to 2010Chair, UK Commission for Employment and Skills7
- 2004 to 2007Chair, Business in the Community5
- Date not recordedWorked at University of Cambridge4
He joined KPMG in 1974, and worked in continental Europe before transferring to the Middle East to run the practice for three years in 1986. He transferred to London in 1989, became a member of the UK board in 1991, had a number of leadership roles in the UK before being elected UK Senior Partner in 1998. He was Chairman of KPMG in Europe and Senior Partner of KPMG in the United Kingdom, prior to his appointment as chairman of KPMG International in May 2002, in which capacity he served till September 2007.
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Personal life
He is married with four children and five stepchildren, and was knighted in 2007. Rake donated £5,000 to Ed Davey's 2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election campaign.
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Awards
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