Michael is a chartered accountant with over 20 years’ experience in the charity and not-for-profit sector. Originally, he worked at the audit firm BDO, managing their clients in the charity sector. From 2003 onwards Michael left the audit profession to work for a wide range of charitable organisations as Finance Director which included science-based organisations such as The Geological Society, the Royal Astronomical Society and more recently the Association of Clinical Biochemistry.

The experience gained has meant Michael is very familiar with dealing with Membership, Publishing, Science Meetings and Conferences, Education, Investments, Pension Schemes, Grantmaking and Bursaries. Michael was also previously the Honorary Treasurer of the British Deaf Association, and is currently the Fire Brigade Union’s Director of Finance. He is also a Statistics graduate of Queen Mary University, London.