Michelle is an inquisitive and purpose-led leader, interested in effectively utilising behavioural psychology and ethics to gain insight into what drives human behaviour and decision-making. She has an academic background in Psychology and Neuroscience and also works within the Intersectional Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) and Ethics fields.

Michelle is currently an Organisational Culture and Change Lead at the Reserve Bank Australia (RBA) and Director of the Asian Australian Professionals Collective (AAPC). Prior to joining the RBA, Michelle was a senior consultant for several years advising clients on Organisational Culture, Transformational Change, and Risk Culture and Governance.

Michelle focuses on the intersection of individual, environmental, societal, and cultural factors that inevitably shape an organisation’s culture. Viewing these elements through psychological and behavioural lenses, she develops strategies to address and anticipate complex cultural challenges, ensuring effective and sustainable organisational change.

In addition to her work in organisational culture, Michelle is engaged in the ethics domain, working with executive leaders and focusing on the role of ethics in decision-making and governance. Michelle draws on her psychology background to bring a deep appreciation of human behaviour to her work.

Michelle is a LinkedIn Top Voice, an invitation-only program featuring a global group of experts on LinkedIn covering a range of topics across the professional world. She has been recognised as a 2022 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian Australian, is a Fellow of the Dr John Yu Fellowship for Leadership and Diversity (University of Sydney Business School) and is a William Ah Ket Leadership Scholar (Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership, Australian National University).