Michael James Smith is a former International Buying Agent in the fashion industry who has worked in more than forty countries and lived in many different locations around the world including nine years in Switzerland and eight years in the United Arab Emirates.

Born in Torquay in the County of Devon, England, Michael has lived an entrepreneurial lifetime and has been involved in several business projects that included a long and successful spell as an International Disc Jockey, an importer and wholesaler of Tropical and Marine Fish (he played music to them too!)and a Fraud Investigator in the Fashion Industry.