Michael Hearty

Michael is the Director General for Strategic Planning, Finance and Performance with the Welsh Government.  He took up his post on 23 August 2010.

Michael’s responsibilities include strategic planning; corporate finance; public sector procurement in Wales; corporate governance, audit and assurance; knowledge and analytical services; Cabinet Secretariat; communications; equality issues and the First Minister’s Delivery Unit.

Michael was the Director of Finance at the Department for Education (and formerly the Department for Children, Schools and Families) from February 2007. As Director of Finance he was responsible for the overall financial management of the Department’s £56 billion budget.

Prior to working at the Department for Education Michael spent most of his career in the Department for Work and Pensions and its predecessor organisations where he carried out a wide range of financial and operational roles.

Michael has been a qualified member of the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) since 1995. He is also a non-executive member of the Department of Health. Michael is a member of the CIPFA Council, and a member of Caerphilly Local Service Board.

Michael is married with one daughter.