Admission Document

Michael is a qualified solicitor, qualified investment manager and successful corporate financier with a broad range of international commercial and legal experience.

After graduating from the University of Cambridge, he practised as a solicitor at Linklaters in London, Hong Kong and New York, working with leading global financial institutions. He then moved to Merrill Lynch International in London and New York, where he became a director of Equity Capital Markets, with responsibility for origination, execution and commercial negotiation of equity and equity-linked transactions, including major privatisations in the UK and EMEA regions.

Since then, Michael has held senior roles within the venture capital and mid & small cap broking sectors in London and Hong Kong. More recently, he was Business Development Director and an Investment Manager at JM Finn & Co and he continues to be involved in private companies which specialise in investing in international micro capital and seed financing opportunities. He was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in July 2018.

Andrew has over 20 years of relevant experience, particularly working for London listed companies, as demonstrated by his previous role as Finance Director at Victoria Oil & Gas Plc, an AIM listed gas production and utility business. Throughout the four years Andrew held this role, he was involved in two substantial equity raises, a successful M&A transaction and multiple capital and debt restructuring exercises.

Prior to this, Andrew worked for a number of companies in the resources sector, performing financial and reporting based roles. Andrew also has relevant experience working in the US, which will benefit AEG’s operations at Lumberton.