Michele has built her professional reputation around futures planning for places and organisations,
working predominantly in the tourism and cultural sectors, taking a strong place based approach.
Her natural working environment is at the heart of small creative teams and she has worked at
Director-level in consultancy for over 20 years predominantly for public sector clients across the UK
and Ireland. She has taken a step back from consultancy to create time for other ventures and
remains an Associate Director for Blue Sail. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Academy of
Urbanism and has led the Academy’s Great Towns Award for several years.