Mike Hamer

Coming from varied career in the Built Environment, Mike joined the University as Head of Estates & Campus Management in March 2016.  A carpenter by trade, this was followed by many years of continuous study and development that led to Mike being awarded a Degree in Building Maintenance Management form the University if Wales in 2007.   

Always looking for the next collaboration, Mike in is regular contact with staff, students, HE sector peers and local agencies sharing knowledge and best practice to enable positive environmental change.  Since joining the University in 2007, Mike has undertaken many schemes of modernisation to improve the internal and external learning environment.  A desire to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency is at the heart of any scheme along with the introduction of renewable technologies that with pave the way on the Universities Journey to net Zero.   A passionate ‘Green Champion’ and active member of the University’s Sustainability Action Forum, Mike’s Team are responsible for the implementation and monitoring of initiatives in order to reach key targets set out in the Universities Environmental & Sustainability Strategy.

Mike is passionate about sustainability in both the natural & built environment taking a hands-on approach to building conservation, restoration of wild habitats and the improvement of waterways. He is a keen fly fisherman with an interest in the preservation of Wild Brown Trout and Atlantic Salmon spending much of his free time with the Kingfishers and Dippers on the banks of the River Dee