Michelle is a seasoned organisational development consultant and leadership development professional drawing on 30+ years’ experience across 4 countries, 6 industries, and diverse roles in Government, NFP and Commercial sectors. Her strong consulting skills, combined with 10+ years’ senior management roles, 20+ years’ board leadership and 20+ years’ facilitation of in-depth personal transformation make her uniquely placed to blend her experience in corporate leadership, personal development and organisational psychology to enable organisations to develop talent, build leadership capability, move through change and enhance organisational performance. 

Michelle worked in the corporate sector for 15+ years where she held senior management roles at Telstra and knows firsthand the challenges faced by senior leaders. She has led multi-million-dollar change programs at IBM and Telstra involving new technology rollouts and culture change. She honed her project management capability in various roles spanning ICT projects at IBM, developing and launching Australia’s first International Videoconferencing service at OTC (now Telstra), and Business Process Management at Telstra. She also developed several in-house training programs at IBM and Telstra.

As a consultant, Michelle has over 20 years’ experience working with individuals and organisations. She has had the privilege of coaching close to 200 senior and emerging leaders to enhance their leadership capability. She is a registered psychologist with ten years organisational psychology consulting experience and holds an MBA as well as a Master of Organisational Psychology.