[3] Pitt graduated from University College London in 1970 with a first class honours degree in Civil Engineering.
[2] He has worked for the civil service, private sector and local government, with the majority of his career in County Council Technical Departments.
[4] On 8 August 2007 Sir Michael was appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to chair an independent review into the floods which affected parts of the United Kingdom in the summer of 2007.
[6] He has held a range of other appointments including the chairmanship of the General Medical Council’s National Revalidation Programme Board,[2] and chairing two companies (Solace Enterprises Ltd and Swindon Commercial Services) and providing consultancy advice to a variety of public sector organisations.
[8] Pitt received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2005 for services to local government.