Michael served 12 years in the armed forces before joining a renowned London estate agency – rising to the position of branch manager/ main board director after 6 years. Having weathered many recessions and enjoyed the challenges of residential agency in central London he chose to move to West Sussex (always his favourite county and where he was educated), and worked for a local firm before started Comyn and James together with Simon James. Michael is a qualified estate agent and a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents.