Michael is a Chartered Accountant. He is an Audit Committee member of the Legal Aid Board, Tailte Eireann and the International Foundation for Integrated Care.

Previously he was the National Director of Internal Audit in the HSE and before that had senior finance and audit roles in both the public and private sectors.

Michael is Chair of Folds Remuneration Committee and a member of both the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee and the Capital Requirements Committee.