Michael is Community Strategy Manager at Unity Housing. His role is about building organisational capacity to improve outcomes for tenants. This includes establishing a Social Impact Framework for the organisation so it can better demonstrate tenant outcomes. Social Impact Measurement is a critical way forward for the Social Services Sector and he hopes to contribute to its evolution in the coming years.

Prior to joining Unity Housing in 2015, Michael worked in the outer northern suburbs of Adelaide in Local Government for over 20 years. He is passionate in his concern for natural justice and the welfare of the individual. He has applied this passion in a range of settings including Community Development; Urban Regeneration; City Planning and Community
Service provision.

Michael is a member of the Planning Institute of Australia and a Certified Housing Professional with the Australasian Housing Institute. He received a Churchill Fellowship in 2008 and the Churchill medal in 2009.