Michael Rees has a Doctorate in Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Algorithms and a B.A. with First Class Honours in Mathematics, both from Oxford University. He has an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD in France. In addition, he studied for the Wilmott Certificate of Quantitative Finance, where he graduated in first place for coursework and received the Wilmott Award for the highest final exam mark.

Since 2002, he has worked as an independent expert in quantitative decision support, financial modelling, economic, risk and valuation modelling, providing training, model-building and advisory services to a wide range of corporations, consulting firms, private equity businesses and training companies.

Prior to becoming independent, Michael was employed at J.P. Morgan, where he conducted valuation and research work, and prior to that he was a Partner with strategy consultants Mercer Management Consulting, both in the U.K. and in Germany. His earlier career was spent at Braxton Associates (a boutique strategy consulting firm that became part of Deloitte and Touche), where he worked both in the UK and as a founding member of the start-up team in Germany.

Michael is a dual UK/Canadian citizen. He is fluent in French and German, and has wide experience of working internationally and with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. In additional to this text, he is the author of Financial Modelling in Practice: A Concise Guide to Intermediate and Advanced Level (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), Business Risk and Simulation Modelling in Practice (John Wiley & Sons, 2015), a contributing author to The Strategic CFO: Creating Value in a Dynamic Market Environment (Springer, 2012) and has also contributed articles to the Wilmott Magazine.