David MICHAEL is the founder and Principal Consultant of Cause Consultancy Ltd. He graduated as a Bachelor of Laws in July 1993. He was made an Honorary Master of Laws by the University of Greenwich in July 2001 and an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Westminster in November 2002.

David MICHAEL

He served for 30 years with the London, Metropolitan Police Service, retiring in December 2002 as a Detective Chief Inspector in the Deputy Commissioner's Command at New Scotland Yard.

David completed the Advanced CID (Criminal Investigation Department) Course, the National Senior Officers Development Programme and a number of other courses and accreditations for Senior Investigating Officers at the Metropolitan Police Service, Detective Training School at the Peel Centre, Hendon. He has built up his expertise in working with people and organisations by his collaboration with a broad range of experts and professionals covering a range of disciplines over the years.

David has worked successfully with a range of consultants, practitioners and strategists in Policing and Criminal Justice. This helped him to hone his further appreciation of the functioning of other organisations and their personnel. During his time as a Team Leader of a Police Child Protection Team and a member of an Area Child Protection Committee he experienced the benefits of working in a multi-agency setting. He worked in close co-operation with Social Services Departments, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Education Department, Health Service and the Voluntary Sector. He has worked in a number of specialist areas including the National Crime Squad, the Serious Crime Group of Specialist Operations Department at New Scotland Yard. He is a former member and associate member of the Metropolitan police Independent Advisory Group. He is a signatory to the Official Secrets Act.