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Sir Michael Lyons (born 1949), is the non-executive chairman of the English Cities Fund and Participle Ltd; he is a former Chairman of the BBC Trust. He is a former Labour Party councillor and council chief executive in the United Kingdom, who has also been involved in some of the key central government commissions and reports into local government finance from 2000 to 2007. ==Career== Michael Lyons was educated at Stratford Grammar School (London), Middlesex University, and at Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London. Whilst completing his formal education, he worked for two years as a part-time street trader at Bell St Market in London. Lyons then worked as a lecturer in economics at the Wallbrook College, London and the University of Nottingham. Lyons worked in the public sector as an economist, and between 1980 and 1983 served as an elected Labour councillor on Birmingham City Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Lyons Inquiry into Local Government )〕 He then became Chief Executive of three significant local authorities: Wolverhampton Borough Council (1985–90); Nottinghamshire County Council (1990–94); and then Birmingham City Council (1994–2001). Lyons was knighted in January 2000 in recognition of his services to Local Government. During 2004 he was the chairman of two successful government projects: "Review of Public Sector Relocation" on behalf of the Chancellor and Prime Minister, and "Corporate Governance Commission" on behalf of Cardiff City Council. He was also Deputy Chairman of the Audit Commission for two years until October 2006, serving for a while as Acting chairman. In March 2007 he published his final report and recommendations from his three-year independent Inquiry into the future role, function and funding of local government.〔 Lyons was the Head of Inlogov, the leading Local Government Public Policy school in the United Kingdom at Birmingham University from 2001 to 2006, and was awarded an honorary LLD by Birmingham University in 2009.〔http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/senate/honorary-graduates-since-2000.pdf〕 He holds an Honorary Doctorate from Middlesex University. Lyons is also a governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title = Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman )〕 and a non-executive director of Mouchel, Wragge & Co solicitors and SQW Group Ltd. He is a former chairman of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and former member of the boards of City Pride, Birmingham Marketing Partnership and Millennium Point Property Trust Company. He was previously a director of Central Independent Television, until 1993.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Lyons (BBC chairman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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