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

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.

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. During this time he rationalised the Saatchi International network which involved the merging of many businesses. In 1990 he sold his shareholding and left the company.

Awards

2012 Outstanding contribution by an individual