Michael is a trusted government relations and public affairs adviser. He is the Director of Purple’s Government Relations team and has a high level of experience within Australia’s key export sectors including resources, energy and agriculture as well as in the infrastructure industries that support those developments.

Michael provides specialist advice and facilitation support to public company boards and senior private company executives on government and stakeholder engagement; issues and reputation management; and public communications. He also plays an active advocacy role on behalf the key sectors within which his clients work. Michael has 22 years of professional experience in technical communication and has a thorough understanding of existing heavy industries and downstream processing, as well as market trends and future capabilities as businesses in these sectors embrace new projects and technology to reduce their carbon footprint.

Prior to joining Purple in 2015, he held senior management roles in national publishing businesses dedicated to in-depth coverage of heavy and technical industries. He also has experience in the tier-one contracting sector managing tender proposals for major infrastructure projects.