Mike Hughes is a highly experienced executive with a distinguished career in growth and turnaround strategies. With a strong technical background and exceptional management abilities, Hughes has held prominent positions in several multi-national software development and IT services companies in the UK and abroad. He has extensive expertise in strategic planning, technical ability, international delivery, and team building.

Hughes has a Bachelor's degree in Bsc Hons from the University of Strathclyde. As a Chief Technology Officer at Candidate.ID®, he currently heads technology and product development. Previously, he was the Principal at CTO in a Box and red25, CTO at Know-it Global, 4ICG Group, and Graham Technology, CEO/CTO at Hiire, COO at Sword Group, Business Unit Director at Sword Ciboodle, and President Director at Pt Graham Technology Indonesia. He has also worked as a Technical Director at Energis Interactive, a Researcher at Turing Institute, and a Senior Research Assistant at Paisley College of Technology.

Hughes's key achievements include a €20M capital gain for shareholders, re-architecting businesses to focus on customers, designing and building an award-winning enterprise CRM solution with 300% revenue growth in three years, and successful implementation of over 40 complex enterprise-grade projects worldwide. Under his leadership, he has created positive work cultures that foster high staff retention rates and reduced cost.