Mike Parsons (born 25 August 1950) is a British entrepreneur, best known for founding Barchester Healthcare, the UK's third largest provider of care homes. He retired as CEO in 2013.^[1]

Education

Parsons studied economics at Sussex and Oxford Universities. He then became a management consultant. He subsequently took an MBA at the London Business School and a Diploma in International Management at HEC Paris and the Graduate School of Business Administration on Wall Street.^{[citation needed]}

Early career

Parsons was a founding director, shareholder and managing director of a top London advertising agency (KHBB) which he and his partners sold to Saatchi & Saatchi in 1985, thus becoming a major shareholder in that company. He worked at Saatchi for five years and was Chief Operating Officer of the international network.^{[citation needed]} During this time he rationalised the Saatchi International network which involved the merging of many businesses.^{[citation needed]} In 1990 he sold his shareholding and left the company.^[2]

Awards

2012 Outstanding contribution by an individual^[3]