Michael Sheldrick is a campaigner, commentator, blogger and speaker on global issues. With a combination of expertise and passion, he has created campaigns that have made a significant difference to the lives of others.

It was on his first day of university in 2006, when he volunteered for The Oaktree Foundation and the Make Poverty History Coalition that his direction in life changed. Michael says this opened a whole new chapter for him and that before he knew it, he was the Assistant National Campaigns Director and involved in creating high impact campaigns such as last year’s hugely successful The End of Polio campaign, which raised more than $100 million in support of global polio eradication efforts.

Michael describes being introduced to the Prime Minister and other world leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) as one of his career highlights. It was then he understood that his campaigns had gained real momentum through the communication of some of the accounts of incredible feats of the human spirit he’d witnessed.

Michael is degreed qualified in Political Science and International Relations as well as Law. He has previously held roles with the Department of Premier and Cabinet as a Research Assistant and a tutor in political science and international relations.

He is currently the Manager of Global Policy and Campaigns at the Global Poverty Project and a Fellow with the UWA Religion and Globalisation Initiative.

One of Michael’s latest achievements is being recognized as one of Western Australia’s 50 Best and Brightest by The Sunday Times.

Undeniably Michael’s career to date is an impressive and enviable one. He feels this work has largely been impacted on by working “with some of the most inspirational people I’ve ever met”.

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