Sir Likierman has experience between public, private and academic positions. He is Professor of Management Practice at the London Business School and was its Dean from 2009 to 2017. He is currently working on the role of judgement in management, with his work used by many organisations. In the private sector, he served as non-executive Director of Times Newspaper Holdings Ltd, Monument Bank, Barclays Bank plc, quoted insurance Lloyds underwriter Beazley plc, Applied Intellectual Capital plc, and market research firm MORI Ltd. Among many roles in the public sector, he worked in the UK Cabinet Office, and spent 11 years as Head of the UK Government Financial Management Service, during five of which he was also the Chief Financial Officer of the UK Treasury (Finance Ministry). He was knighted for public service in 2001. He has also served as non-executive Director at the Bank of England, non-executive Chair of the (UK) National Audit Office and non-executive Director and Vice-Chairman of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust.