Education
Accountancy – University of East London

Experience
Michael Herst trained as an accountant with a leading London based firm of accountants and then joined a major international shipping/transportation group where he progressed to be Head of Finance. He then transitioned into the recruitment industry and after some years became a main board director for a large recruitment business where he established and ran a successful Executive Search business and helped steer the company through a period of dramatic double-digit growth. He was a member of the leadership team that took the company to a stock market flotation and worked to manage its subsequent sale to a major US company.

Michael is now the Managing Partner of Osprey Clarke, an organisation recognised as a leading player in executive search and the provision of interim executives, supporting the growth of world class organisations.
He carries out board/senior level searches, cross function for global corporations, with particular focus on infrastructure, transportation and logistics and the satellite sector. Michael has a long association with Penrhyn with many years at board level within the organisation and spent many years as Chairman.

Other information
Michael has served on the boards of a number of organisations and charities and also manages a successful function band business where he plays bass guitar. His greatest passion is spending time with his family and grandchildren and of course his football team West Ham United.