Michelle is a Partner with Ernst & Young Oceania, working within the cyber security practice to support public and private sector clients, together with Australian startups and scale-ups through EY Private. Prior to joining EY, Michelle was the CEO of AustCyber, part of the Australian Government’s Industry Growth Centres Initiative. Prior to joining AustCyber, Michelle was the first Senior Adviser for Cyber Security at the National Security College within The Australian National University. Before joining the ANU, she held various strategy, governance and risk management roles across the Australian Government, including at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, where she delivered three National Security Budgets, designed and implemented Australia’s National Security Strategic Risk Framework and was instrumental to the delivery of Australia’s first national Cyber Security Strategy.