Michael Ackerie

Michael Ackerie spent more than 17 years in the services and retailing industry in Queensland and New South Wales, commencing work in a large family business in 1990 employing 500 staff. During his time in the business, he helped coordinate activities in a number of areas of the business and provided a wide range of managerial and support functions to various internal teams and external stakeholders. This included sales and marketing, shop fitting and landlord relations, warehousing and logistics, as well as performing various human resource and recruitment functions. Michael later took on a specific retail and visual merchandising focus, developing successful relationships with key Australian and International product suppliers and maintaining the group’s retail presence across 50 locations.

Michael then joined the recruitment industry in 2007 as a consultant in the temporary labour sector of the civil construction and coal mining industries. He then moved into the role of a technical professional recruiter on Australia’s largest civil infrastructure tunnelling project in Brisbane and later worked on technical roles for the wider construction and resources sector. Michael’s special focus was on civil and mining engineering roles, as well as health, safety and environment. Michael also has extensive experience in large scale workforce transitions and on-boarding at coal mines and major civil projects.  Michael has been a consultant with Bushell & Cornish’s leading executive search practice since 2011.

Michael consults to BCI Technology, through our parent, Bushell & Cornish, in managing our exacting human resources and contracting requirements and his expertise and extensive experience across a range of industries including many that we service, ensures that BCI Technology attracts and retains the best people available.

Michael Ackerie – Manager – Human Resources & Contracting