Michael Walsh

Michael Walsh is an experienced corporate affairs professional currently serving as General Manager for both Calix Limited and Leilac as of April 2023, after a role as Director and Consultant at Xtal Advisory from 2018 to 2023. At Xtal Advisory, Michael Walsh focused on strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, market entry strategies, and crisis management. Prior to this, Michael Walsh worked as a Research Fellow at Monash University, specializing in the atomic-scale growth mechanisms of metal nanoparticles, and completed a Ph.D. at the University of York. Michael Walsh holds an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate from Stanford University, alongside a Bachelor's and Doctorate in Physics from the University of York.