Dr Michael Kemp commenced his career in finance during the mid-1980s bull market. He has worked as a trader for Bankers Trust, an interest rate liability manager for the Australian Wheat Board, and in the Corporate Finance department of stockbroking firm Potter Warburg (both in Australia and London). Most recently he worked for nine years as an investment analyst for Scott Pape, the Barefoot Investor.

As a young financier he was awarded the Ian Roach Prize for achieving first place nationally among employees of the Australian Securities Exchange studying for the Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment. Today he spends his time with family and friends, travelling and investing on his personal account. The Ulysses Contract is his third investment book.