Mike joined IMI in 2003 as MD of Indoor Climate’s Eastern European Division. In 2009 he also assumed responsibility for the TA Regulator factory in Slovenia (60 people, £5m turnover), now in the responsibility of Michael Preinerstorfer, and in 2010 took over responsibility for the Asia Pacific Region. Prior to joining IMI he was a member of the British Foreign and Commonwealth office for 25 years, serving as a Diplomat, mainly in trade related positions in Embassies in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany and the Sudan.