Michael W. Treneer

In August 2004, Mike was unanimously chosen by the International Council to succeed Jerry White as the next international president of The Navigators, effective January 1, 2005. He stepped down in April 2015 having served in the role for ten years.

In June 1998, Mike passed the leadership of the Navigators work in Africa to an African team and was appointed an international vice president of the Navigators. After a year in England, they moved to the Navigators headquarters in Colorado Springs, where they now live.

He and his wife Chris joined the staff of the Navigators in 1971. They led student, community, and local church-based ministries in Southampton and London in the United Kingdom.

From the mid-1970s, Mike led the team which pioneered the Navigators ministry in Nigeria. Then in 1981, Mike was appointed as the Navigators director for Africa. For sixteen years, Mike and Chris lived in Nairobi, Kenya with their three children. Mike traveled extensively throughout Africa developing African leaders, teaching the Bible, shepherding missionaries and coaching the pioneering of Navigators ministries in 20 countries. During their years in Nairobi, Mike and Chris were also deeply involved in the life of Nairobi Baptist Church where Mike was an elder and chairman of the preaching team.

Michael W. Treneer (born September 6, 1947) is the former international president of The Navigators. His appointment as president was announced on August 26, 2004. On January 1, 2005, he succeeded Dr. Jerry White, who had previously served as president for 18 years. He was succeeded in the leadership of the Navigators Worldwide Partnership by Mutua Mahiaini, a Kenyan, on April 17, 2015.