Biography

Mitch originally qualified as an electrician, but after a number of years of voluntary service with the Jersey Youth Service he was offered a position at the Department of Education where he still works today.

Parish Municipality

Vingtenier Couriard is a member of the Honorary Police

Honorary Police

There is an Honorary Police force in each of the 12 parishes of Jersey. Members of the Honorary Police are elected by the voters of the parish in which they serve, and are unpaid....

 having been elected to serve as a vingtenier for the Vingtaine du Mont à l'Abbé

Vingtaine du Mont à l'Abbé

The Vingtaine du Mont à l'Abbé is one of six vingtaines of the Parish of Saint Helier in the Channel Island of Jersey.-Elected Officials:Two Vingteniers, three Constable's Officers and two Roads Inspectors are elected for three years term to represent this Vingtaine.Current serving Vingteniers are...

 in Saint Helier

Saint Helier

Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St. Helier has a population of about 28,000, roughly 31.2% of the total population of Jersey, and is the capital of the Island . The urban area of the parish of St...

, Jersey

Jersey

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...

. He is also president of the Honorary Police Association 

Member of the Order of the British Empire

He was awarded membership of the Order of the British Empire

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

in the Queen's birthday honours list of June 2002 jointly for his services as a civil servant and his honorary work.