Michael Abbott is the Chairman of of the Board of Directors of Columbia Care, one of the largest manufacturers of cannabis related medicines in the United States. Michael is also a Director for a NASDAQ-listed "blank check" company. Further he serves as a Director of several privately held companies. Michael started his financial career at Swiss Bank Corporation/SBC O’Connor and later worked at Goldman Sachs. He since launched and ran two hedge funds as well as managed a multi-billion dollar fund of funds. Michael was also CIO of the endowment of Cornell University.

Prior to his career in finance, Michael earned a Law Degree at King’s College London. Michael served on the London Police Force in the mid 1980’s, was the UK national police rifle champion, and was a member of the British Rifle team.