Michael is the Deputy Under Treasurer at the Department of Treasury, and Deputy Chairperson of the Western Australian Treasury Corporation.
Michael has 30 years of public sector experience with a focus on economic policy and financial management issues. This includes assisting Governments in the preparation of budgets and financial reporting, advice on infrastructure policy and planning issues, Commonwealth-State financial relations, taxation and royalty policy, energy market reform, and trade policy. Michael previously held positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Commonwealth Treasury and London Underground Ltd. He is a former Board Director of the Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) and Horizon Power (Regional Electricity Corporation), and is currently a member of the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Advisory Board.