Michael Keegan

Michael Keegan    (civil servant, PhD student)
Born	Michael Geoffrey Keegan July 1962
Alma mater	Exeter University, King's College London
Spouse	Gillian Keegan
Crown Representative In office September 2019 - Present Employer Cabinet Office  Non Executive Director In office November 2018 - Present Employer Centerprise International Ltd  Vice President In office July 2015 - Present Employer TechUK Ltd  Five senior positions In office March 2006 - July 2018 Employer Fujitsu  Partner In office October 2001 - October 2010 Employer TPK Partnership LLP  Non Executive Director In office October 2004 - April 2008 Employer Welcome Real Time  Head of Identity Services In office September 2004 - March 2006 Employer Royal Mail/Post Office Ltd  Chief Executive In office April 2002 - August 2004 Employer Magex  Chief Executive of Mondex International Subsidiary In office July 1996 - August 2001 Employer MasterCard International  Senior Executive In office 1984 - 1996 Employer Nat West  Councillor In office June 1986 - May 1990 Employer London Borough of Lambeth  Research Assistant to MPs In office December 1980 - July 1984 Employer House of Commons

Michael Keegan is a UK civil servant employed as Crown Representative in the Cabinet Office and is seconded to the Ministry of Defence working with military supplier BAE Systems since September 2019.

On 31 August 2023, Michael Keegan reposted the following tweet from BAE Systems:

Today we’ve announced a new local legal entity and signed agreements with the Ukrainian Government to ramp up our support to Ukraine’s armed forces and to explore the supply of light guns to Ukraine.

Read more 🔗 http://baes.co/HBEA50PGqAK

MOD contracts go to Centerprise

Keegan is a Non Executive Director for the IT supplier Centerprise International Ltd, which has won a number of Ministry of Defence contracts since September 2019 including several worth more than £1m.

Mature student

In 2021 Michael Keegan became a PhD research student at the Department of War Studies, King's College London where he recently completed his MA. His research interest centres around the Naval and Political career of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes and his relationship with Winston Churchill. His research interests are:

• British Naval and Defence policy in the first half of the 20th Century
• The Dardanelles campaign and the Zeebrugge raid. Combined Operations Directorate
• The overthrow of the Appeasement policy in the 1930’s and 1940

Thesis title: A critical re-assessment of the career and contribution of Admiral Sir Roger Keyes.

Back to business

Prior to his PhD studies Michael Keegan had a 35-year career in business and held executive management positions with Fujitsu, MasterCard and NatWest Bank. He is currently Vice Chair of TechUK, a member of Corporate Advisory Board of the Prince's Trust and a Crown Representative for the Cabinet Office seconded to the MOD.

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