Major General Michael James von Bertele CB, OBE, QHS (born 23 August 1956) is a retired senior British Army officer.

[2] He was a member of a surgical team at Ajax Bay and was attached to the 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment for the assault on Mt Longdon during the Falklands War of 1982.

[2] From April 1993 to November 1993, he commanded the British Medical Battalion of the United Nations Protection Force in the former Republic of Yugoslavia.

[11] He then joined the Ministry of Defence as Director of Medical Operational Capability from 2004 to 2006.

[2] On 2 October 2006, he was promoted to major general and appointed Chief executive of the Defence Medical Education and Training Agency.

[2] He retired from the British Army on 25 December 2012 and was then appointed to the Reserve of Officers.

[13] Following his retirement from the British Army, von Bertele joined Picker Institute Europe as Chief executive.

In 2015, World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan appointed von Bertele as member of the Advisory Group on Reform of WHO's Work in Outbreaks and Emergencies with Health and Humanitarian Consequences.