Bug Sweeping (Introduction)

Born and raised in London, Michael served in the Royal Military Police (TA), the regiment that fulfil close protection roles within the British Army. He then went on to work for investigation firms along with security companies simultaneously as a freelancer. A a result, he spent many years working in large security teams on high profile events such as film premieres and award ceremonies. During this time he was also conducting covert counter-surveillance operations in and around the London area as a trainee, later progressing to operations across the UK. This led to a promotion giving him the title 'Head of International Surveillance Operations' for a large private contractor.

Naturally progressing in his career, Michael went on to work with various recording artists and actors in a close protection capacity later progressing to consulting and advising other security companies on anti & counter-surveillance matters along with providing any investigative services they required in order to identify the origins of threats.

Because of his history of working on large scale investigations, Michael's career evolved into one that saw him being engaged by high net worth families and individuals who had received some form of threat. This ultimately led to the release of the intelligence acquisition based Vanquish Close Protection Course which is made up of investigative based courses (made available to the public years before), combined with the bodyguard element, all of which, were written by Chandler.

In 2012 Michael agreed to leave behind his low profile and covert lifestyle in order to star in a documentary relating to intelligence acquisition. This was later affirmed by his decision to retire as a bodyguard before the age of 30, in order to concentrate on teaching the courses that he had written. The close protection course that he founded can be attended by successful application only and is therefore considered the world's most exclusive bodyguard training programme in the private security sector. To date, people have travelled from the US, Ireland, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Korea and Russia to attend his courses.