Michael Heller (businessman)

Michael Heller
Born	Michael Aron Heller July 1936
Residence	Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Education	Harrogate Grammar School
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation	Businessman
Title	Sir
Spouse(s)	Morven Heller

Sir Michael Aron Heller (born July 1936) is a British business executive and philanthropist.

Michael Aron Heller was born in July 1936, and educated at the Harrogate Grammar School in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. He graduated from St Catherine's College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1955.

Heller serves as the Chairman of Bisichi Mining. He also serves as the Chairman of London & Associated Properties. Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of Electronic Data Processing.

Heller co-founded the Michael & Morven Heller Charitable Foundation in 1988. Thanks to a charitable gift they made to the Magen David Adom UK Friend Society in 2006, a Mobile Intensive Care Unit which drives pregnant women in Israel to the nearest hospital was named in their honour. Eight years later, in 2008, as a result of another donation, an ambulance was also named in their honour. In 2010, they attended a fundraising dinner for the British ORT, a Jewish charity. Meanwhile, they have made charitable contributions to the Hampstead Theatre and the London Jewish Cultural Centre. They also donated to the Save Van Dyck for the National Portrait Gallery to acquired Anthony van Dyck's self-portrait.

Heller served as the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel. By 2012, he had donated over GBP£100,000 to the Conservative Party. In 2014, he attended a GBP£50,000 dinner with Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies, a center-right think tank based in London. He now serves as a member of its Board.

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