Michael John Norris (born October 1961) is the chief executive officer of Computacenter plc and the

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of Triage Services Ltd.

Early life and education

Norris was born in Chelmsford and educated in Southend-on-Sea, both in Essex. At school Norris proved to be skilled with mathematics but struggled with

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. After his dyslexia was discovered he was allowed to enter exams 45 minutes earlier than other students to read through his test paper. Norris has a

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in Computer Science and

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, which he received from the University of East Anglia in 1983.

Career

Norris joined Computacenter as a salesperson in 1984, three years after the company began trading Following promotions in 1988 and 1992, Mike Norris became Computacenter's Chief Executive Officer in 1994.

Affiliations and interests

Confederation of British Industry

Norris is a member of the Confederation of British Industry (the "CBI") and is

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of its "Employment Policy Committee" ("EPC"), which is a policy-making body for issues relating to human resources, including labour market flexibility, employment legislation and productivity.EPC webpage, CBI website
Retrieved June 29, 2008.

References

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