Mike Baxter

Chief Financial Officer

Mike is part of UHI’s senior executive team and works with colleagues across the partnership to provide strategic financial direction, harnessing financial resources and performance data to deliver UHI’s financial sustainability ambitions as articulated in the Strategic Plan 2030.

Mike joined UHI in May 2024 from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) as Director of Finance and Corporate Services and brings experience from previous roles at Transport Scotland and The Scottish Government. A qualified Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) accountant since 1992 with over 30 years in the public sector, Mike has a deep attachment to the Highlands where he is relocating and will be based at UHI House in Inverness.