Michael Roberts joined ATOC as Chief Executive in April 2008.

Michael previously worked at the CBI, where he was Director of Business Environment from 2000. His previous CBI roles included Transport Policy Adviser from 1991 and Head of Industrial Policy from 1996. He and his team were responsible for developing and promoting the views of CBI members on transport, land use planning, environment, energy and health & safety.

Michael has been a long standing member of the Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT) and he was a Non-Executive Director of The Carbon Trust between 2001 and 2008.

Before moving to the CBI, Michael worked for political consultants Decision Makers. He was a member of the Decision Makers team which won the PR Week award for best political campaign in 1991.

Michael was educated at Prior Park College, Bath and St Benet's Hall, Oxford, where he obtained an MA in Modern History in 1987.

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