Michael is an accomplished, commercially focused senior human resources business partner and executive leader.
He has a technical trade background and extensive human resource generalist experience in both the private and public sectors. Michael has extensive industry experience. This includes construction, emergency services, health, hospitality, information management, infrastructure, manufacturing, marine, retail, resort operations, technology, telecommunications, transport and tourism.
Michael has breadth of experience across the employment lifecycle. His work includes workforce planning, recruitment and selection, industrial relations, health, safety and welfare, organisational development, change management, human resource information systems and remuneration and benefits.
He enjoys working collaboratively with his clients to solve business problems, build organisational capability and improve business performance. Michael has experience leading organisations through change using contemporary models and methods such as Prosci and People Centred Implementation. He is accredited by TTI Success Insights. He has attained DISC, Motivators and Emotional Quotient certification. Michael uses these and a range of other tools to help individuals understand self, others and teams to be more effective.
Michael is passionate about organisational development and the employment experience. Learning, engagement, safety and inclusion programs Michael has designed have delivered outstanding results. His work has been recognised through a number of national award programs.
Professional development is very important to Michael. He maintains and enhances his professional practice through association memberships and networking. He actively participates on Boards and various Committees.
Michael is a member of the Australian Human Resources Institute, the Systems Leadership Development Association, a Board Member of the Australian Institute of Training & Development and the Australasian Corrosion Association. He is a former executive committee member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Network.
Tertiary qualified with a Master’s in Business Administration, Michael is a pragmatic, authentic, resilient and visible leader with a customer service orientation and adaptive leadership style.
