Michael is an experienced consultant, strategist, coach and economic development & creative economy professional.Most recently Michael was the Creative Industries Manager at Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Auckland's cultural and economic development agency. He led the development of Create Auckland 2030, a ten-year strategy for the creative economy to thrive in Auckland, bringing prosperity and quality jobs to Auckland.Previously Michael spent eighteen months working on projects as Culture Development Lead at ATEED. He was leading a programme working on internal culture, organizational development and managing an emerging leaders programme.Michael is an accomplished Executive Coach accredited through the ICC.Michael has worked in the film and television industry for over thirty years in production and post-production - focusing on animation and visual effects, eventually establishing, and being a partner in, animation and vfx company Pencil Shavings and more recently being Manager of Screen Auckland.Michael has also organised film festivals, curated moving image related exhibitions and screening programmes and was an external examiner at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in Art and Design, post-graduate for ten years. He has also been on advisory groups for AUT and Media Design School and has been a contracted new degree assessor for the NZQA (New Zealand Qualifications Authority).He has also been invited to speak a number of international conferences including the Asia Film Policy Forum in Busan, South Korea and the BRIC Summit organised by Variety as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival and the AFCI Locations Trade Show.He has served as Chair of Regional Film Offices New Zealand and was a board member of the international organisation AFCNet (Asian Film Commissions Network) for several years. He has also been a board member of the Asia-Pacific Producer’s Network (APN) and was on the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Leverage and Legacy Working Group for the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023.Michael is a moving image artist and was a founder of Unguarded Intersection, a collaborative group that explored new and innovative ways of presenting moving image through large-scale interactive public installations.Michael has been actively involved in community sport for over 40 years and has coached football and cricket at senior, youth and junior levels since 2002, as well as voluntary club board positions.
Listed skills include Executive Coaching, People Development, Organizational Culture, Management, and 2 others.