Control Risks

In this role I leverage 18 years of research and consulting experience to grow our business intelligence practice in Tokyo. I bring deep knowledge of business risks in East Asia to expand our products beyond due diligence to include strategic intelligence: market entry support, sector risk assessment, stakeholder mapping and dispute support in Japan and across the region. With support from our wider APAC and global team, the Tokyo team is ready to provide innovative solutions to our client's risk management and strategic planning needs.

Associate Director

Project manager for bespoke due diligence projects on corporations and principals in Greater China and Japan, with a keen interest in how corporate governance, business models and financial performance impact on shareholder value.

Senior Consultant

- Lead Control Risks' editorial operations for the Greater China and North Asia region
- Focused on content quality and alignment across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region
- Worked with the managing editor, senior reviewers and partners on strategic content and quality initiatives for the APAC region
- Coached business intelligence researchers on effective writing and presentation of findings, and enhanced understanding of core due diligence terminology 
- Provided peer review-level feedback and content editing of business intelligence reports for house style, natural phrasing, narrative structure and logic

Editor

BCC.Global

I was instrumental in establishing and maintaining the compliance management system of BCC.Global, a Shanghai-based expert network and primary research consultancy. While nurturing a strong culture of compliance, my team introduced robust compliance protocols and contract management processes to effectively manage legal and regulatory risks. Our aim was to benchmark BCC's compliance system to global best practices for research consultancies, as well as US securities and anti-corruption regulations.

- Compliance and Risk management
- Issue escalation and resolution
- Compliance training and auditing
- Senior review of research methodology and reports
- Expert networks and primary research

Chief Compliance Officer

Shanghai Daily

- Editing content for print and online publications
- Writing opinion and analysis on financial and economic topics
- Content coaching for non-native English writers
- Teaching Corporate English to Chinese factory managers and engineers at EF English First

Copy Editor

Arena Holdings

I started as a business reporter for Arena Holdings’ The Herald newspaper in 2004, working my way up to Business Editor for the group’s award-winning newspaper, Daily Dispatch. There I led the redesign of the newspaper’s business pages, strengthened relationships with the local business community and helped establish a regional business awards event.

Key Skills:
•	Editing, writing and commissioning business news articles
•	Writing Op-Ed and Commentary
•	Researching economic topics for analysis articles
•	Project management for 1) print products 2) awards event
•	Managing and motivating a team
•	Managing Media Law compliance

Awards: My analysis of the automotive manufacturing industry in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year regional award in 2006. I completed my Honours in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management at the University of Cape Town while working as a freelancer for Business Day in 2009.

Business Editor, Daily Dispatch

Michael is a corporate governance and corporate investigations specialist with 13 years on-the-ground experience in Greater China and Japan. He advises multi-national firms, private equity and institutional investors on non-financial risks facing their potential investments or partnerships in Japan – and has provided dispute support to law firms involving complex asset tracing cases.

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