Michael trained with J.P. Morgan in New York and, after 21 years in investment banking, joined Tillinghast, the actuarial consultants. More recently he was Secretary to the Conservative Party's Economic Competitiveness Policy Group. He is currently a Director of Embrace Success, a coaching and cultural change consultancy.
Michael has written a number of papers on pensions, including 'Don't let this crisis go to waste; a simple and affordable way of increasing retirement income' (CPS, Sept 2009) as well as Simplification is Key (2010) and writes regularly for Sublime magazine, usually with a sustainability theme.
As a school governor he runs what is probably the largest state primary school fund in the UK.
