Currently, Mr. Michael is providing expert witness services in support of a high profile shareholder action against a major UK retailer, which involves assessing whether an accounting misstatement was ‘material’ to users of the financial reports under IFRS. He is also working on another expert witness project, advising a client on the financial due diligence and M&A process following by a U.S. acquirer when it purchased a major Belgian pharmaceutical company (enterprise value of €3.9 billion).

Mr. Michael’s other notable assignments include: providing expert advice to a major UK retailer in response to multiple regulators’ allegations of inappropriate financial management, including profit extractions and dividends, and disposing of the company whilst insolvent; acting as an expert in an arbitration between a Venezuelan oil company and one of its offshore drilling contractors; as an expert in a litigation between a Zambian copper mine and one of its mining contractors; advising a major European business in the aviation industry on a number investigations into accounting irregularities resulting from bribery and corruption, employee collusion with suppliers to defraud the company, allegations of fraudulent contracts with suppliers and employee theft; and advising a number of corporates on the new Criminal Finances Act (2017) and the implications this may have on their businesses. 

Mr. Michael is a Chartered Accountant (England and Wales, and South Africa) and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is also a trainer for the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Exam Review Course and CFE Exam in Europe. Mr. Michael is both a UK and South African national and is fluent in English and Afrikaans.