diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IMemberGroup.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IMemberGroup.cs
index 8454767ef3..f865a7d991 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IMemberGroup.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IMemberGroup.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
     /// </summary>
     public interface IMemberGroup : IAggregateRoot
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The name of the member group
+        /// </summary>
         string Name { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Profile of the user who created this Entity
+        /// </summary>
+        int CreatorId { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/MemberGroup.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/MemberGroup.cs
index 8a8b7a72d7..caaeb1d860 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/MemberGroup.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/MemberGroup.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
     public class MemberGroup : Entity, IMemberGroup
     {
         private string _name;
+        private int _creatorId;
 
         private static readonly PropertyInfo NameSelector = ExpressionHelper.GetPropertyInfo<MemberGroup, string>(x => x.Name);
+        private static readonly PropertyInfo CreatorIdSelector = ExpressionHelper.GetPropertyInfo<MemberGroup, int>(x => x.CreatorId);
 
         [DataMember]
         public string Name
@@ -29,5 +31,18 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
                 }, _name, NameSelector);
             }
         }
+
+        public int CreatorId
+        {
+            get { return _creatorId; }
+            set
+            {
+                SetPropertyValueAndDetectChanges(o =>
+                {
+                    _creatorId = value;
+                    return _creatorId;
+                }, _creatorId, CreatorIdSelector);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/MemberGroupFactory.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/MemberGroupFactory.cs
index 2b87884c9a..207eea83b3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/MemberGroupFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/MemberGroupFactory.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Factories
                 Text = entity.Name,
                 Trashed = false,
                 UniqueId = entity.Key,
-                UserId = 0
+                UserId = entity.CreatorId
             };
 
             if (entity.HasIdentity)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/Interfaces/IMemberGroupRepository.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/Interfaces/IMemberGroupRepository.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f9464808e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/Interfaces/IMemberGroupRepository.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Umbraco.Core.Models;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories
+{
+    public interface IMemberGroupRepository : IRepositoryQueryable<int, IMemberGroup>
+    {
+        
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/MemberGroupRepository.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/MemberGroupRepository.cs
index 53c26c1321..267e0f2d00 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/MemberGroupRepository.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Repositories/MemberGroupRepository.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.UnitOfWork;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories
 {
-    internal class MemberGroupRepository : PetaPocoRepositoryBase<int, IMemberGroup>
+
+
+    internal class MemberGroupRepository : PetaPocoRepositoryBase<int, IMemberGroup>, IMemberGroupRepository
     {
         public MemberGroupRepository(IDatabaseUnitOfWork work) : base(work)
         {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/RepositoryFactory.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/RepositoryFactory.cs
index 4d67838ffd..0460f8e6fd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/RepositoryFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/RepositoryFactory.cs
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence
             return new MemberTypeRepository(uow, _disableAllCache ? (IRepositoryCacheProvider)NullCacheProvider.Current : RuntimeCacheProvider.Current);
         }
 
+        internal virtual IMemberGroupRepository CreateMemberGroupRepository(IDatabaseUnitOfWork uow)
+        {
+            return new MemberGroupRepository(uow, _disableAllCache ? (IRepositoryCacheProvider)NullCacheProvider.Current : RuntimeCacheProvider.Current);
+        }
+
         internal virtual IEntityRepository CreateEntityRepository(IDatabaseUnitOfWork uow)
         {
             return new EntityRepository(uow);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberGroupService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberGroupService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b83d24651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberGroupService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
+{
+    public interface IMemberGroupService : IService
+    {
+        IEnumerable<IMemberGroup> GetAll(params int[] ids);
+        IMemberGroup Get(int id);
+        void Save(IMemberGroup memberGroup, int userId = 0);
+        void Delete(IMemberType memberType, int userId = 0);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberService.cs
index 3634688f68..1c66640cd1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberService.cs
@@ -16,14 +16,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <param name="id"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         bool Exists(int id);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get a member by its id
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        IMember GetById(int id);
-
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Get a member by the unique key
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberTypeService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberTypeService.cs
index 7989becce1..dc0ee59b08 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberTypeService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMemberTypeService.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
 {
-    internal interface IMemberTypeService : IService
+    public interface IMemberTypeService : IService
     { 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a list of all available <see cref="IContentType"/> objects
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MemberTypeService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MemberTypeService.cs
index df323f8951..d2fbce96ef 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MemberTypeService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MemberTypeService.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.UnitOfWork;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
 {
-    internal class MemberTypeService : ContentTypeServiceBase, IMemberTypeService
+    public class MemberTypeService : ContentTypeServiceBase, IMemberTypeService
     {
         private readonly IDatabaseUnitOfWorkProvider _uowProvider;
         private readonly RepositoryFactory _repositoryFactory;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ServiceContext.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ServiceContext.cs
index c57081f51a..63f71bd5e2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ServiceContext.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ServiceContext.cs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the <see cref="UserService"/>
         /// </summary>
-        internal IUserService UserService
+        public IUserService UserService
         {
             get { return _userService.Value; }
         }
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the <see cref="MemberService"/>
         /// </summary>
-        internal IMemberService MemberService
+        public IMemberService MemberService
         {
             get { return _memberService.Value; }
         }
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the MemberTypeService
         /// </summary>
-        internal IMemberTypeService MemberTypeService
+        public IMemberTypeService MemberTypeService
         {
             get { return _memberTypeService.Value; }
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index b9fe5da3bb..4b8d1f0085 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Querying\StringPropertyMatchType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Querying\TextColumnType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Querying\ValuePropertyMatchType.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Persistence\Repositories\Interfaces\IMemberGroupRepository.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Repositories\NotificationsRepository.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\SqlSyntax\MySqlSyntax.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\SqlSyntax\SqlCeSyntax.cs" />
@@ -772,6 +773,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Services\IFileService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\ILocalizationService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\IMediaService.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Services\IMemberGroupService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\IMemberService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\IMembershipMemberService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\IMembershipRoleService.cs" />