About us

Driven by purpose and a care focused approach.

MTC has a wealth of experience in the justice, immigration, education and training sectors, working with vulnerable people to help them transform their lives.

Our purpose – why we exist

Transforming lives by unlocking potential.

Our vision – where we want to be

To be a recognised global leader in social impact because we empower people to make positive life choices.

Our mission - how we are going to get there

Through our global experience in justice, immigration, education, training and employment services, we will deliver innovative skills-based learning that recognises people’s lived experiences, helping them realise their full potential and reduce economic and social inequality. That’s how we strengthen communities and transform lives.

Our senior leadership team

Responsible for making strategic decisions, our directors work across all areas of the business.

Our team is made up of real experts with years of experience in the criminal justice and immigration sector. Their combined knowledge gives MTC the direction to best deliver quality services and deliver our mission.

  • Ian Mulholland

    Managing Director of MTC

    Ian has over 30 years’ experience in the justice sector, having worked in the civil service as a prison governor and senior civil servant for over two decades. Taking responsibility for 110 public prisons across England and Wales, he managed 85 per cent of the prison population and over 37,000 staff alongside three immigration removal centres.

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    Following this, Ian managed probation delivery across five community rehabilitation companies at Interserve, alongside managing healthcare and education businesses. As managing director of MTC, Ian oversees our business development and social value offering while focusing on implementing our multi-layered growth strategy.

  • Sarah Pavlou

    Director of Finance, Commercial and Standards

    Sarah is a trained chartered accountant, having qualified at Deloitte, specialising in the not-for-profit and education sector. She spent 10 years at Inmarsat, a satellite communications company, leading on all external stock exchange reporting and playing a lead role in the financial integration of four significant acquisitions as head of group and corporate reporting.

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    At MTC Sarah has responsibility for the finance, commercial and standards corporate departments alongside leading MTC's UK acquisition team.

  • Chris White

    Director of Health, Safety, Estates and Business Process Office

    Chris has over 13 years' experience in facilities and estate management, previously working at Tarmac, CarillionAmey and Amey and mobilising and operating outsourced contracts for the Home Office, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, HMPPS and local authorities. He is experienced in managing large scale projects and continuous improvement, implementing improvements across the organisation.

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    His work at MTC involves managing all health, safety and estates elements of MTC, including mobilising new estates as needed and ensuring continuous adherence to health and safety requirements across the organisation.

  • Ciara Ryan

    Director of Finance

    Ciara has over 20 years’ experience in accounting, having qualified with AAT and ACCA. She previously worked for ING Bank, Strutt and Parker LLP, and Zoopla Limited, specialising in Real Estate. Ciara’s key areas of expertise include management of finance teams, monthly consolidation and reporting, budgeting and forecasting, leading on year-end audits, statutory accounts and tax reporting.

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    Her work at MTC involves overseeing the finance team, with ultimate responsibility for all management reporting and external audit and tax reporting.

  • Michael Snodden

    Director of Transformation, Operations and Digital

    Michael has worked in programme delivery for nearly 25 years, covering multiple domains including space & satellite communications, healthcare and secure government contracts. Michael is experienced in leading large-scale, customer-centric programmes to deliver meaningful, measurable benefits to the workplace.

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    Michael’s current role has him leading MTC’s digital, mobilisation and operational divisions.

  • Harry Porter

    Director of HR and Communications

    Harry has over 15 years' experience in human resources (HR), managing resourcing, employee relations and talent experience. In his current and previous roles, he has led on people projects that have seen increased performance levels, employee engagement, efficiencies and customer satisfaction. His key skills include mobilisation, people strategy development, talent acquisition and management, wellbeing and employee experience.

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    At MTC, Harry supports the senior leadership team to ensure corporate aims and organisational objectives are achieved, while driving forwards the people strategy and communications initiatives. Harry is also Chartered MCIPD.

  • Olivia Richards

    Executive Assistant, Company Secretary and Internal Comms Lead

    Olivia is an experienced executive assistant, having worked in the field since 2016. She joined MTC in 2021 and provides valuable support to our managing director and the senior leadership team. In addition to her assistant duties, Olivia also carries out company secretary tasks.

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    A key part of Olivia's role at MTC is managing internal communications for our UK business. She takes a keen interest in employee wellbeing, ensuring that it remains a priority in our day-to-day operations. Olivia also chairs the employee wellbeing ambassador committee and is a certified mental health first aider. Her focus on wellbeing and mental health support is an important part of her role at MTC.

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