Michael Baigel
President | Licensed Insolvency Trustee, Baigel Corp
Michael is originally from Manchester, England and happily moved to Toronto, Canada at the end of 2000. He qualified as an ICAEW Chartered Account (FCA) and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in the UK before requalifying as a Canadian Licensed Insolvency Trustee (LIT) upon emigrating. He has practiced insolvency work and assisted thousands of small and owner managed businesses for more than 3 decades, and founded Baigel Corp., a boutique financial advisory and insolvency firm, in 2017. Prior to that, he worked at Deloitte, BDO, Begbies Traynor and was the Practice Leader of a small business restructuring team at a Canadian national insolvency practice. Michael is also a Chartered Insolvency and Restructuring Professional (CIRP), Canada, and has presented on insolvency and restructuring issues to various international Associations. In addition to being a member of the ICAEW Members and Commercial Board, he currently volunteers for local charities and associations and is a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol, and remains a keen travelling Manchester United fan.