Michel is founding partner of Avedon and was investment director at the predecessor fund NIBC Capital Partners. Before that, he worked three years PricewaterhouseCoopers as a manager in Transaction Services focusing on financial due diligence on behalf of private equity funds across a broad range of industries. He also worked as associate/investment manager at Waterland Private Equity and in the Assurance Practice of Arthur Andersen. He studied Business Economics and is a Certified Public Accountant.