Michael Rees

Dr. Michael Rees is an independent expert in quantitative decision-support and risk modelling. He provides customised training, model-building and associated project management services to support the decision- and communication-needs of senior executives.

Michael has a Doctorate in Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Algorithms, and a B.A. with First Class Honours in Mathematics, both from Oxford University in the UK. He also has an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD in France. He has studied for the Certificate of Quantitative Finance, graduating top of the course for on-going class work and also receiving the Wilmott Award for the highest final exam mark. He is the author of Financial Modelling in Practice: A Concise Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Level (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), which covers Excel modelling, financial statement modelling, valuation, risk analysis, real options, and VBA coding for practical applications in business, economic analysis and finance.

Michael has 20 years’ business and finance experience, including 8 years as an independent consultant. As a Principal at Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) until 2000 he led major projects in the area of strategy, organization and change (such as market and competitive analysis, partner and acquisition assessments, performance measurement and improvement, cost reduction, outsourcing, process redesign, restructuring and change management). He later worked as a Vice-President at J.P. Morgan, where he was involved in the development of financial forecasts, conducting valuations, publishing reports and advising fund managers and hedge funds. He was ranked as a top City analyst by all the companies under his direct coverage and received a vote in the Institutional Investor 2002 survey.

Michael is also Europe’s most experienced trainer and consultant in @RISK® and other Palisade products, having – since 2003 – trained or consulted with over 2000 people in the use of simulation and related tools to support decision-making through risk modelling and optimisation.

Much of his work is focussed in the oil and gas, energy, resources and engineering sectors, but he is also frequently asked to assist clients in private equity, finance, insurance, as well as health care and other industries.

Currently based in the UK, he has had the opportunity to live in several countries, and speaks fluent French and German.

More information can be found at www.michaelrees.co.uk.