Michael is a Senior Education Improvement Leader in the South East Victoria Region of the Department of Education (DE) in Victoria, and leads a network of schools in and around the suburb of Frankston in the Bayside Peninsula Area.

Michael had served a number of roles with Department including Director of the Frankston North Education Plan, Principal of Western Port Secondary College and as Assistant Principal and Leading Teacher at Western Port and Patterson River Secondary College.

Throughout his extensive career, a key focus for Michael has been addressing the impact of education in low socio-economic and disadvantaged communities, through individually tailored and whole-school cohort programs. He has also had an unrelenting focus on whole-school improvement and cultural change, to achieve positive results in academic, social and emotional outcomes.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree, a Diploma of Education and Masters in Education from Monash University, and a Certificate in Educational Leadership from Harvard University. He is also an inaugural Commonwealth Bank Teaching Fellow.