Michael is the head of Listing Policy & Product Admission and the Sustainable Development Office at Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo), a subsidiary of Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) that undertakes frontline regulatory functions. In his two roles Michael oversees listing policy and rules development, the admission of securities products and sustainability-related issues on the regulatory front. Michael graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Laws degree and is admitted to the Singapore bar.

He is a member of the Advisory Board of the NUS Business School’s Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS), a Management Committee member of Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS) and a member of the Environmental, Social and Governance Committee of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID). Michael contributes to international standards setting efforts, participating as a member of the Sustainability Reference Group of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) and as a member of the Capital Markets Technical Committee of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).