Michael is an Executive Director and the Chairman of LiveHire.
Michael spent 33 years with McKinsey & Company, the world’s leading management consultancy. He held various roles including Managing Partner of McKinsey in Australia for six years and the global leader of the organisation, people and HR practise for ten years. He also served on McKinsey’s global board.
Michael’s work has been focused around four themes: Human Resources, People and Change, Technology, and Growth and Innovation.
Michael oversaw McKinsey’s global research on the future of technology in HR, which examined the top 50 major technology innovations that would impact clients of McKinsey in HR over the next 20 years, led by a Silicon Valley-based team.
Michael is a board member of the NSW Environmental Protection Authority and is Deputy Chairman of the Centre for Independent Studies, a leading think-tank.
He was a founding member of the Male Champions for Change and served on the Board of the Hunger Project, which focuses it’s work on women’s empowerment in developing countries. He was long time Chair of the Inspire Foundation for youth mental health.