Michelle Oel, B.Comm, CFA is a business financial management consultant and strategist who educates and inspires entrepreneurs to level up their executive decision making with unique and easy to understand financial, data-driven frameworks and processes.
She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and was granted a Chartered Financial Analyst designation, widely recognized as the most prestigious and challenging financial certification to achieve, in September of 2000.
Now an independent consultant, she honed her craft during a 25 year corporate career focused on strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, analytics, valuation and risk management as well as the systems that support these processes.
Michelle's worked with companies of all sizes from Global $1B+ enterprises to micro-businesses and has held positions at an investment bank, a Big 4 management consulting firm, and as a leader in industry. Michelle also moonlighted as a University Instructor, developing and teaching fourth year undergraduate finance courses.
When she’s not demystifying and making finance easy for entrepreneurs, you'll find her watching true crime or sci-fi shows with her hubby, laughing loudly with her 2 teens or playing with her 2 Labrador Retrievers.