“Michael Sheldrick is the Chief Policy, Impact and Government Relations Officer at Global Citizen. He has driven several of Global Citizen’s campaigns, which have seen $40 billion distributed to anti-poverty efforts around the world.
He was one of the four Co-Founders who spearheaded the first major Global Citizen advocacy campaign – The End the Polio – in 2011 which saw $118 million announced for polio eradication efforts with the support of John Legend, Rotary International and then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Most recently, he served as an Executive Producer of Vax Live, co-chaired by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan. The campaign focused on vaccine equity and acceptance, and which saw 26 million vaccines committed for developing countries. He holds degrees in law and political science from the University of Western Australia, was 2013 Young Western Australian of the Year, and has previously been listed by The Sunday Times as one of WA’s 50 Best and Brightest. In 2017, Michael was named by the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth as a finalist for Young Commonwealth Person of the Year.”