Mikael is Head of EMEA Sustainable Solutions at Morgan Stanley, where he partners with the Firm’s Institutional Securities and Investment Management businesses to scale sustainable finance across the EMEA Region. Mikael is also heavily engaged with Firm initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion as a member of the Diversity Action Council and Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures Lab Investment Committee.
Mikael started his career as an economist at HM Treasury before taking up a diplomatic posting in Brussels. On return to the Treasury in 2009, he led multiple post- financial crisis reforms, before being appointed Deputy Director responsible for financial sanctions, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing. In 2013, Mikael joined the Financial Conduct Authority as Head of Policy where he led a major programme of conduct and governance reforms across financial services. Mikael left the FCA in 2015 to help establish the Banking Standards Board where he was Executive Director and member of the Board.
Alongside his work at Morgan Stanley, Mikael is an Industry Professor at University College London, a Trustee of the Finance Innovation Lab, and a Fellow at the Forward Institute. He has an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and is studying for a PhD in AI and Ethics at the University of Leeds.