Michael has been a member of the Committee for Sydney Board since 2014 and Chair since December 2015.

Michael is also the Chair of Northwest Rapid Transit (NRT Group), Chair of Greater Sydney Parklands, a Trustee of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust and a member of the Board of Westmead Institute for Medical Research. He has served on the Boards of a number of other Government, arts and not-for-profit organisations in Sydney.

Michael has an advisory role with UNSW and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.