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PhD BA FCCA FIMC CMC MBCS CITP FSI MEI
Director, Z/Yen Group Limited
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Michael has worked with Z/Yen since 1994 on
strategy, technology, finance and business development. Michael began his career
as a research scientist in aerospace (rocket science) and computer graphics
which led to him starting companies in seismology, cartography and energy
information for a Swiss publishing firm. In the early 1980’s Michael created a
multi-million dollar oil industry consortium which culminated in the development
of a complete digital map of the world, MundoCart, along the way having to build
laser line-following digitisers. Michael spent several years as a partner and
board member of one of the leading accountancy firms directing consultancy work
in the UK and overseas. Michael has worked in the public sector on
privatisations and strategy; in the private sector in a variety of industries
(banking, insurance, manufacturing, media, retail, utilities, television,
distribution) on problems ranging from strategy through information systems,
quality, human resources, environmental systems and R&D; and in the voluntary
sector on a number of assignments to improve performance. Michael’s acclaimed
humorous risk/reward management novel,
Clean Business Cuisine: Now and Z/Yen,
written with Ian Harris, was published in 2000.
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Michael is Professor of Commerce at
Gresham College, Chairman of
City
Axis - a business environment solutions company, a non-executive
Director of the
United Kingdom Accreditation Service
- the UK’s sole accreditation body for certification, testing, inspection and
calibration services, a non-executive Director of
Sirius Exploration Plc - a mining company, a Trustee of
Ocean Alliance &
The Whale Conservation Institute
in Massachusetts &
The International Fund For Animal Welfare, on the editorial board of the
Journal of Strategic Change as
well as the
Journal of Business Strategy and
on the advisory boards of the
Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation
and
Alchemie Technology. Michael is a
qualified accountant, computer specialist and management consultant with a
degree from Harvard as well as mathematics and engineering at Trinity College
Dublin. Michael’s PhD from the London School of Economics was in the application
of risk/reward methodologies involving chaotic systems and strategic planning
quality. Michael was on the board of a major commercial outsourcing
organisation for two years, for three years Vice-Chairman of The Strategic
Planning Society, a registered charity, and on City University’s School of
Informatics advisory board for four years.
As a founding director of Z/Yen, Michael has worked on many of our assignments,
particularly in finance, technology and the voluntary sector. For instance,
Michael led our study of global investment banks’ operations & IT strategy,
worked as Chief Technology Officer for a cancer detection technology firm, built
a global website to aid young people’s understanding of financial markets
through an innovative game and helped the UK Cabinet Office Strategy Unit on
sustainable fishing. On an interim management assignment as Corporate
Development Director from 1995 to 1997, Michael completed a fundamental review
of Europe’s largest R&D organisation, the UK Ministry of Defence’s £1 billion
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency and the £150 million privatisation of its
support services. Michael’s role as Chief Scientist of the Financial £aboratory
won a DTI Foresight Challenge award 1996 for visualising financial risk and
Michael led Z/Yen’s DTI Smart Award 2003 winning PropheZy project building the
world’s leading risk/reward prediction engine.
Michael is a Freeman of the City of London, a Liveryman of the Worshipful
Company of World Traders. Michael was awarded
Director of the Year by the British Computer Society for 2004/2005.
Michael's interests include writing, skiing, travel and sailing, in particular
racing on modern boats and Sailing Barge
Lady Daphne. |
