Major Mike Shearer

Mike Shearer is a former career cavalry soldier who saw service during the ‘Cold War’ in Germany and active service in the Gulf, Cyprus, Bosnia and Northern Ireland. In 2007, Mike was the Director of the Press Information Centre and later, Head of Strategic Influence and Communications for the British Military, working from the American Embassy in Baghdad. After leaving the Army, Mike worked in the Defence Directorate for Communications in the Ministry of Defence as the principal plans officer for Afghanistan and the ministry communications lead for the NATO Summit. In 2016, Mike returned to Iraq to join the battle against Islamic State, running influence operations out of Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan.