Michael works with CEOs, board members and executive teams on CEO and board succession, executive search and leadership development. His career spans executive roles in engineering, commercial innovation and leadership advisory in large multinational organisations.
Before joining Sheldon Harris, Michael was a Consultant with Egon Zehnder, where he led the Industrial Practice Group in Australia and New Zealand. He advised on the appointment of NEDs, CEOs, MDs and senior functional roles, primarily in industrial sectors. He also led executive assessment programs, succession programs and coached C-suite leaders through complex organisational change.
Before his career in leadership advisory, Michael led global commercial innovation and change programs at General Electric and ME Bank. He focused on culture change at GE, where he designed and implemented a new way of working focused on speed to market and business model innovation. Before moving to Australia in 2014, he held innovation and marketing roles with GE and Kimberly-Clark in the United States. He started his career as a Process Engineer with Weyerhaeuser.
Michael serves as a Non-Executive Director with Fitted for Work. He holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from NC State and an MBA from Cornell University.
