Since 2005 Michael has been the Registry Services Manager at the New  Zealand Companies Office.  Between 1993 and 2005, Michael held the  position of ICT General Operations Manager for the Ministry of Economic  Development.

Within the Companies Office, Michael is responsible for the delivery  of all New Zealand Companies Office services mainly through electronic  systems and the internet for registers relating to Companies, Personal  Properties Securities, Superannuation Funds, Incorporated Societies,  Building Societies, Charitable Trusts, Unit Trusts, Friendly Societies  Motor Vehicles Traders and Credit Unions.  Michael also oversees the New  Zealand Companies Office international registry reform projects within  developing countries, working extensively in the Pacific region and in  Africa.

Michael holds the executive position of Secretariat for the Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) a role he was appointed to in 2011.