Michael is the Head of Performance, Innovation & International, leading both the export and innovation adviser teams in Newable.

He has over 20 years of export experience in sectors such as Telecommunications, Chemicals, Engineering, Retail, Banking, Academia and not-for-profit. His last corporate roles were as the Managing Director of a satellite communications & systems integration company and the Vice-President of an international change management & organisational re-design consultancy.  At London Business School, he served for 9 years on the International Alumni Board and Chaired their Governance & Nominations Committee.  Michael is also an exam qualified member of the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Personnel & Development.

His earlier corporate roles included all aspects of Human Resource & Development, rising to the role of Director of HRD.  While on the Court of St James’s, he was a key member of the team that led the first privatisation of an Inter-Governmental Organisation.

Prior to joining Newable 10 years ago, Michael has been involved in international and multi-cultural business projects such as: multi-million-dollar project sales; the transfer of undertaking in business acquisitions & sales; the sale & delivery of high-technology solutions in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East; mentoring MD/GMs on strategic change (in Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Thailand, UK and USA) and influencing legislative change at governmental level.