His employment at PwC spanned 6 years and was focused on the consumer and industrial sector, including a 2 year secondment to the Middle East. Mike spent two years with SAFAIR, an aircraft operations and leasing company as a Senior Manager before taking a role as the Group Financial Manager with Hans Merensky Holdings in 2008, a global company in the timber and agricultural sector. At Hans Merensky, Mike was responsible for the group financial management of the agricultural division in South Africa and Europe, and was later responsible for the Shared Services department, including group reporting and consolidation of the European, Peruvian and South African entities.