Michael Ashcroft has been a successful entrepreneur for nearly forty years.
His business career began when he was in his late twenties. In 1977 he became Chairman of The Hawley Group and within less than a decade transformed it from near collapse into the UK’s leading business service company employing over 100,000 people. Following a US merger in 1988, Hawley was re-branded ADT. In 1997, he negotiated the sale of ADT to Tyco International for more than $6.7 billion (£3.7 billion).
He is the Chairman (and major shareholder) of BCB Holdings, a financial services company operating in Belize, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Caribbean..
Other business interests include significant investments in healthcare, recruitment and support services (Impellam Group and Mavinwood) and new media focussed businesses (Digital Marketing Group plc and Go-Spoken).

Michael Ashcroft is also seeking new investment opportunities with entrepreneurs who have good strategic plans and plenty of drive and enthusiasm.