Michael Barrington-Hibbert is a London-based leadership adviser with over 20 years’ experience. Michael combines deep sector expertise, strategic insight and a servant-leadership ethos, making him a trusted adviser to senior leaders and boards navigating complex challenges while seeking to foster high-performing, purpose-driven leadership. Michael’s expertise spans succession planning, executive coaching and leadership programme design. He helps organisations:
- Align talent with strategic priorities
- Strengthen executive pipelines
- Implement leadership initiatives that drive tangible outcomes and sustainable growth
- Build resilient, high-performing teams and foster a culture of mentorship and servant leadership
Focused on leadership performance and opportunity
- Michael works primarily with CEOs and boards across the financial services sector, including trading firms, investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds and data index businesses.
- Associates (BHA) for 15 years. With offices in London and New York, BHA specialised in placing C-suite executives within publicly listed and private equity-backed organisations.
- Michael is a frequent speaker on the topic of leadership and has been featured in Bloomberg, Sky, BBC and the Financial Times. He authored “The £40 Billion Pay Gap,” examining executive compensation and its impact on organisational culture.
- He was awarded London’s Freedom of the City in recognition of his efforts to promote diversity within the financial and professional services sectors. He co-founded the 10,000 Interns Foundation and is a member of the EMEA Leadership Council for the Association of Executive Search (AESC) Diversity and Inclusion Committee. He also worked closely with 10 Downing Street on initiatives to increase diversity in boardrooms
Michael has had a lifelong commitment to giving back and creating opportunities for others. He is the founder of Inspire Through Sports, which uses sports as a platform to create educational opportunities. He serves as an advisory board member for London’s socio-economic diversity taskforce and supports scholarships through his family foundation for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds to study at UCL Faculty of Laws. Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in business economics from the State University of New York at Binghamton and subsequently earned a diploma from the Strategic Leadership Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.