Michael Conover is an accomplished financial services executive with over 40 years of experience at a highly respected Big 4 Accounting firm, serving publicly traded and private institutions, including most recently, 20 years as the Global Lead Partner for Goldman Sachs. He brings a proven track record of successfully and strategically leading, building, growing, and running businesses and geographic markets through various economic cycles. Throughout his career, Michael has financed and advised private and public companies in various balance sheet restructurings, which resulted in substantial growth for these enterprises both nationally and globally.Michael’s professional expertise is in finance and banking, both domestic and global, risk management, compliance, control infrastructure, turn arounds, strategy, and business development. He also has P&L experience, overseeing 500+ risk professionals and participating in dozens of mergers and acquisitions.Michael is a seasoned advisor to boards of directors with over 20 years of experience serving boards and as a board member himself. He currently serves as a Trustee of a College and a non-profit arts boards where the institutions have gone through transitions and strategic transformations, implementing key metrics to drive performance and accountability and major leadership transformations. He has serviced on Finance, Audit, Compensation, and Building and Grounds Committees. Michael’s board expertise is in strategy, governance, compensation, finance, risk management, and compliance.Early in his career, Michael was the Chief Financial Officer of a community bank with overall responsibility for all accounting, reporting, investments, and regulatory interaction. Recognitions: • Consulting Magazine June 2009, One of the Top 25 Consultants for Excellence in Financial Services • Euromoney 2005, Leading Financial Services Consultants of the WorldSpecialties: Publications and Speaking“Strong Risk Management Never Goes Out of Style,” Bank Director, April 2009“Model Validation Mitigating Financial Model Risk,” The RMA Journal, 2009“Risk Management in Banking: Beyond the Credit Crisis,” Journal of Structured Finance, Spring 2009“Is Risk Management Permanently Broken,” KPMG, 2008"A Single View of Risk and Return," The Banker, 2007"Simplifying the Complexities of Risk and Compliance," Frontiers in Finance, 2007