Mike brings a rare 360° view of the business travel world, shaped over 25 years across airline, TMC, supplier and buyer roles on three continents. His career has taken him from British Airways in London, to leading HRG’s global consulting practice, to senior regional leadership with CWT in Australia and Singapore, before “crossing the table” to run Global Travel & Payments for Macquarie Group and later News Corp Australia.

Today, Mike is part of Festive Road’s global leadership team, with a dual passion: powering People & Performance within the business and helping clients create better travel and expense strategies that deliver genuinely better outcomes for all. He’s known for combining strategic challenge with data and empathy, ensuring that “better” means better for our people, our clients, and the industry.

A strong advocate for industry progress, Mike sits on the GBTA APAC Advisory Board and helped establish the GBTA Australian Advisory Board, reigniting GBTA’s presence in Australia.

Originally from the UK and now based in Sydney, Mike is a lover of great wine, cricket and joyful travel. (He even met his wife under Concorde – fitting for someone who’s spent his life in travel.)