Michael Traill

Michael is an independent member of the Palisade Impact Investment Committee.

Michael is an Executive Director at For Purpose Investment Partners, and was the founding CEO of Social Ventures Australia.

Michael spent 15 years as a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Macquarie Bank’s private equity arm, Macquarie Direct Investment.  In his time there, the Macquarie Direct Investment team invested in 43 businesses generating a gross rate of return of 32.3% p.a.

Michael chairs Australia’s largest charitable foundation, the Paul Ramsay Foundation, and is a director of Catalyst Education.  Michael was a Director of Australian Retirement Trust (and its inaugural investment committee chair), MH Carnegie & Co., Australian Philanthropic Services and Hearts & Minds Investments, and was previously Chair of Goodstart Early Learning.  Michael chaired the Federal Government Social Impact Investing Taskforce and is the author of ‘Jumping Ship – from the world of corporate Australia to the heart of social investment’, Winner Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2017.