
After graduating from Cambridge, Michael qualified as a chartered accountant and went on to take an MBA at Insead. He has spent most of his working life in France where he has successively managed property, turned round a manufacturing company and held senior positions in both a life insurance group and a bank. He is a consultant to the Board and chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee.
He is chair of the National Churches Trust and Watts & Co., and is renovating his house in the centre of Paris and creating a garden in Normandy.