"Ironman" City Manager

Patrice and I traveled to Bratislava Sunday through Vienna. While waiting for our flight from Heathrow Airport, we met up with Michael Willis who was also on his way to the meeting. Michael is the Chief Executive of the Surrey Heath Borough Council, which is located about 30 miles outside of London.

An interesting fact about Michael is that he has been a city manager (chief executive) in three different countries: UK, Australia and New Zealand. There is no one else in the world that I know of that can claim this fact. His current council did a write up about him (PDF) when he was hired that talks about his distinguished career (including a term as ICMA President). Michael's service brings many things to mind, but probably most important is that good local government management knows no national boundaries.