Mike Askew is Distinguised Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg having previously held Professorships at King's College University of London and Monash University Melbourne. He was director of the influential 'Effective Teachers of Numeracy in Primary Schools' and deputy director of the Leverhulme Numeracy Research Programme. He writes a regular column for Teach Primary Magazine. He was a founding director of BEAM education, a publishing house specialising in producing resources to support primary mathematics. Mike believes that Mathematical activity should be engaging and enjoyable for all children and that the majority of children can come to see themselves as mathematicians.