Director, Grants and Operations – London office
Michael Theodorou is a Director at Rocket Science. He has overall responsibility our grant management and operations to ensure that we are delivering high quality and flexible solutions for our clients. Michael and his team work closely with clients across the public, third and private sectors to design and deliver grant programmes that are tailored to their specific needs. He uses experience and expertise to design robust and proportionate grantmaking portals providing end to end solutions.
BTEC National Diploma in Business and Finance
The Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMAP)
Specialist areas
- Grant making including
- Strategic programme design and delivery, turning ideas into reality
- Pilot and test and learn programmes
- Grant Management systems
- Financial management and analysis
- Grant programme research and evaluation
- Employability, skills and education
- Children and Youth People
- Grassroots community action
- Finance
Portfolio
- London Violence Reduction Unit (£6.6m) – design, delivery and review of the Stronger Futures programme and Innovation Fund
- Go! London (£19m) – design and supporting delivery
- Youth Futures Foundation (£10m+) – co-design and support of several programmes including Development and Impact Fund and Infrastructure Resilience Fund
- Greater London Authority – design and management of Young Londoners Fund (£45m)
- UK Shared Prosperity Fund supporting North East Combined Authority to design, deliver and review a small grant programme supporting economically inactive people
Little weaknesses
- Cooking, I really enjoy cooking for others and tend to be a natural (or so I hear)
- Theatre. I love the West End and try to see a show every month or two
- Somewhere warm and quiet! Whilst my family are from Cyprus, my special place is Italy. I love their way of life and food is out of this world. I could see myself retiring in Venice or Florence one day
- I love DIY and fixing things that are broken. Not normally grant programmes, but cars, electrical equipment, etc
