Director, Government Relations
Michael is a trusted government, investor relations and stakeholder engagement adviser. He is a Director with a high level of professional and client experience across the mineral exploration and mining sector as well as the infrastructure and agriculture industries.
Michael provides specialist advice and facilitation services to public company boards and senior private company executives on government and community engagement, issues and reputation management, and investor and media communications.
Michael has 18 years of professional experience in financial communication and associated promotional activities, having held senior editorial, advertising and commercial roles in national media businesses as well as in conference and event management prior to joining Cannings Purple in 2015.
He is politically astute and maintains a close watching brief across key federal and state policy changes affecting relevant industry sectors.
Corporate Affairs
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Government Relations
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Digital
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Investor Relations
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Feature
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Cyber
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