Michael is specialised in private equity and private debt funds and innovation in financing for new and emerging sectors, including Partner Planet Ocean Fund as the first fund of funds for marine and ocean investments. Michael has a technical and managerial skill set that includes US investment banking, capital markets and M&A, advising Governments on privatisations in Central Europe, setting up and managing agribusiness and corporate restructuring teams for USAID and as the MD/ Senior Partner of three pioneer PE funds totaling in the EU Accession countries. He has worked with leading DFIs (KfW, EIB, EBRD, SITRA) as investors and sponsors in parallel with established institutional investors.