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Qualifications
Michael received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary in 1984, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987 and qualified as a Chartered Business Valuator in 2002.
Since 1998, Michael has been contracting himself in a financial advisory capacity in Calgary to numerous companies in a variety of industries with a focus upon corporate finance, financial restructuring, merger & acquisition and strategic business planning matters. Prior to that time, Michael was a Vice-President of a Calgary-based publicly traded agricultural and food processing company in both Chief Financial Officer and Corporate & Business Development capacities for a period of seven and a half years. Prior to that time, for a period of a year, he was a financial reporting consultant based in London, England for one of the world's largest banking institutions.
Michael obtained his Chartered Accountant designation with KPMG, ultimately serving as a Manager and provided his services in that firm's Calgary, New York and Toronto (Woodbridge) offices over a period of five and a half years.
Areas of Experience
Business Valuations
Corporate Finance
Consulting to Businesses in Financial Difficulty
Contractual Chief Financial Officer Services
Corporate Consulting Reviews ("Look-sees") for Creditors
Formal and Informal Financial Restructuring
Fraud and Special Investigations
Mergers & Acquisitions
Strategic Business Planning
Industry Experience
Professional, Community, and Social Affiliations
Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta
Member, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
Member, Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators
Director, Turnaround Management Association
Volunteer, Canadian Diabetes Association
Volunteer, Canadian Cancer Society
Volunteer, Stroke Fund
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