“During my time as CFO at The Africa-America Institute, I worked closely with Michael and saw first-hand the value he brought to our fundraising, partnerships and stakeholder engagement work. Michael is a thoughtful, diligent and commercially aware professional who understands that successful fundraising depends not only on strong relationships, but also on clear strategy, reliable follow-through and sound financial discipline.He supported high-value donor and corporate partnership activity with professionalism and care, contributing to prospect research, donor communications, sponsorship engagement, reporting and major fundraising events. What impressed me most was his ability to balance relationship-building with attention to detail, ensuring that partners felt well looked after while internal teams had the information they needed to make good decisions.Michael is proactive, trustworthy and highly capable. He works well with senior leaders, donors, board members and external partners, and brings a calm, considered approach to complex or time-sensitive work. I would be very happy to recommend him for fundraising, partnerships, donor development or consultancy work.”