Mike has moderated design forums and led the firm’s design teams responsible for an array of urban renewal projects and new townships throughout Australia, New Zealand, UAE and Asia.
Mike is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia and a recipient of the Russell Taylor Award for Design Excellence for Ellenbrook New Town - the most awarded contemporary urban settlement in Australia and recipient of the FIABCI 2015 World Prix d’Excellence Award as the world’s best master-planned community.
Consecutive WA Planning Ministers appointed Mike Deputy Chairman of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority and Board member of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority from 2002 - 2010. He has also held the positions of Chair EPRA Planning Committee, Chair SRA Planning Committee and Chair of the HIA WA Planning + Development Committee.
The Victorian Government appointed Mike to the independent property industry panel that nominated the 900-hectare Werribee East landholdings, within the City of Wyndham, as the site for a model 21st century city for metropolitan Melbourne. In 2018 Mike led the master planning of the Federal Government and Consolidated Land + Rail jointly funded $16 million strategic business case for the Sydney to Melbourne high speed rail and eight contemporary liveable, sustainable and connected cities serviced by the HSR.
Mike was the recipient of the Place Leaders Centrepiece Award for Leadership Excellence in Promoting Walkable Urbanism in 2018.
Based in Melbourne since 2005, Mike is now leading the practice’s design teams, implementing new towns and urban renewal projects in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.