Executive Chairperson – JHB.
Michael Power.
Michael Power Executive Chairperson
Michael is the Executive Chairperson of ALT Advisory, working closely with our management team, and advising select clients.
Alongside his focus on ethical leadership, good governance, and developing social-purpose organisations, he specialises in legal advisory and research, strategic development, and negotations.
Michael holds B.A., LL.B. (with Distinction), and LL.M. in Public International Law (with Distinction) degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, a Certificate in International Trade Regulation from the University of Bern, and an Executive M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town.
He is an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and is presently in the process of establishing the ALT Impact Group.
— Focus areas.
— Notable projects.
- Preparing global pre-publication review guidelines for journalists for the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
- Advising the Association of Independent Publishers on the establishment of the ZAR114m Digital News Transformation Fund.
- Supporting the South African National Editors’ Forum with a series of written and oral submissions to the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry initiated by South Africa’s Competition Commission.
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Developing a Diaspora Engagement Framework for the Economic, Social & Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union.
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Co-authoring a report for the International Network of Civil Liberties Organisations titled “Lethal in Disguise 2: How Crowd-Control Weapons Impact Health and Human Rights”.
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Providing technical research support to the Department of Social Affairs of the African Union Commission in the preparation of draft guidelines on the African Union Free Movement Protocol.
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— Learn more about Michael.
Michael is the Executive Chairperson of ALT Advisory, which he co-founded. He works closely with our management team to ensure good governance and the fulfilment of our strategic vision.
Alongside his focus on ethical leadership, good governance, and developing social-purpose organisations, Michael provides legal advisory and research, negotiations and strategy, policy development, and communications services to activists, journalists, publishers, social enterprises, civil society organisations, responsible businesses, and international and multilateral institutions, which include various agencies of the United Nations and organs of the African Union.
His work has included multiple high-profile advisory projects, negotiations, and policy briefs which seek to advance human rights, the rule of law, and accountability.
Michael is an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, and he holds B.A., LL.B. (with Distinction), and LL.M. in Public International Law (with Distinction) degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, a Certificate in International Trade Regulation from the University of Bern, and an Executive M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town.
Before forming ALT Advisory, Michael practised constitutional and international law at the Legal Resources Centre (2012-14; 2015-17), and he clerked at the Constitutional Court of South Africa (2014, Justices Bess Nkabinde and Steven Majiedt) and the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Johannesburg (2011, Justice Kathleen Satchwell).
Michael is also the Executive Chairperson of Power Law Africa (2018-), a leading public interest law firm which works in association with ALT Advisory.
