Michel has over 25 years of consulting experience in C-suite succession, leadership assessment, executive development and coaching, high-performance team development, and organizational transformation.

Michel leads Korn Ferry’s Top Team Performance practice and is a member of the CEO & Board practice. He is also the advisory lead on several of the firm’s key accounts across industries, including Consumer Products, Life Science, and Professional Services.

Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Michel was managing consultant and head of leadership resilience at YSC. Prior to this, he was an owner and managing partner at Fisher Rock Consulting, and a partner at Oliver Wyman Delta. He started his career as an Officer Psychologist in the French Navy.

He is a board member at French American Chamber of Commerce in New York (FACC-NY) where he chairs the HR & Mobility Committee. He is the former president and board member of the Metropolitan New York Association of Applied Psychology and an active member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is also a board member of NextGen Leaders, assisting in developing high potential leaders in the LGBTQ+ community. He has authored several articles on executive onboarding and organizational applications of Social Network Analysis (SNA).

He holds a PhD in organizational psychology from Columbia University and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Paris. He is a French and American citizen; bilingual in French and English, and fluent in Spanish. He lives in Princeton, NJ.