Mike Pawley

Mike started his financial career at Price Waterhouse (now PwC), auditing banks’ derivatives books and advising the Financial Services team on clients’ derivatives usage. 

He then moved to Barclays Capital, where he was responsible for Sales & Trading education.

After four years at Barclays Capital, Mike moved to Deutsche Bank, where he was Global Head of Financial Product Training at the Corporate & Investment Bank from 2001 to 2021, responsible for designing and implementing financial education strategy across all staff levels, including heading up the global graduate training team responsible for the markets, corporate finance, and transactions banking programs with up to 550 new graduates per year. 

He was also responsible for delivering financial training for Deutsche Bank’s clients as part of the Corporate & Investment Bank marketing effort – including corporate treasurers, asset managers, hedge funds, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and ministries of finance.



Mike also specialised in one-to-one consultative training on finance and derivatives for members of the Deutsche Bank Management Board and Supervisory Board.

Mike has a degree in Banking and Finance (B.A Hons), a PhD in Monetary Economics, is the author of two finance textbooks, and used to be an examiner for the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He teaches a finance elective on the Masters in Finance at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School. Mike has a flair and enthusiasm for teaching derivatives and asset management to diverse groups, from interns to graduates to managing directors and CEO’s.