Michael is the Co-founder of the Future Ancestors Program – a leadership program designed to empower and support Pacific youth to be agents of change. 

Previously, he worked across warehousing, quality assurance and heavy machinery. Michael has been involved in the Management Committee of the Pacific Islands Committee of Queensland (PICQ) since 2016 and was previously the PICQ Youth Representative and PICQ Vice President. 

As a Papua New Guinean and Indigenous Australian man from Western Australia, Michael is deeply interested in contributing to a meaningful relationship between Australia, Papua New Guinea and the broader Pacific region. Michael is from Meanjin (Brisbane).