Mikael graduated summa cum laude in 2002 from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, where he completed a License in Civil Law. He then went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in Common Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Victoria. While studying at the University of Victoria, Mikael was a participant in an exchange program at the University of Oxford, England, where he undertook a rigorous program in International Intellectual Property Law. He is a certified Quebec lawyer. His education has been an ideal environment in which to develop bilingualism, multiculturalism and bijuralism. These are the foundations of the Canadian system, but also represent facets of the globalized world of today. Mikael has completed a master’s in law at the City University of Hong Kong with honors, where his research was mainly focused on International, Trade and Chinese Business Law. Coupled with his passion for international relations, law and entrepreneurship, he has a strong commitment to the community. He was a member of the board of directors of Desjardins Bank from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Charette has a long experience dealing with Asian investors to Canada and has been the Managing-Partner in China of an International Law firm from 2009 to 2015. He collaborated with major law firms and investment funds in Canada, USA and Europe on cross-border transactions, including financing and acquisitions of overseas entities. Mikael was a lecturer at the Desautel management faculty of McGill University, as well as a lecturer on several forums about China, entrepreneurship and globalization issues. He now leads Well Asia Group as the president and is the COO of WEllfunded Enterprise. He is the director and VP of l’Institut Innovation Gatineau- a regional incubator and accelerator for tech startup. He sits as the director of TC Mining, Frontier Immigration, Cliniques Médicales Multi-Sang-T, LightupAir and Minrail.