History
Equilibrium Group was formally established in early 2019 by Michael Ford and Richard Jamieson. The team have years of experience in executive coaching and mentoring at the highest level within the Australian and global business community. Our leadership coaches have worked one-to-one with senior leaders at Australia’s largest companies including Lendlease, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac. Our coaches are all active Senior Executives or Directors on Boards. We operate with the strictest confidentiality and discretion.
Equilibrium Group also provides digital Executive Education and has partnered with Excelerate Consulting to deliver the Ascension banking simulation to banking markets around the world.
Founding Partners
Michael Ford
Michael Ford is a senior executive with more than 30 years of experience, most recently as the Group CFO of QBE Insurance and prior to that Deputy CFO of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Michael has also worked in senior roles at Lendlease and Southcorp after commencing his career with Price Waterhouse.
Michael is an experienced executive and director who has led large teams through significant transformations. Michael and the teams he has led have been well recognised for adding significant shareholder value as well as high levels of stakeholder engagement, innovation and diversity. Michael's experience includes leading large teams in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Michael has a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA. He has also completed the Advanced Management programs at both INSEAD and Harvard Business Schools. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Richard Jamieson
Richard Jamieson has approximately 30 years of experience in the banking, funds management and property industries. He was recently CFO for Vicinity Limited for over 4 years, a top 30 ASX retail property company. Prior to that he held the CFO role at both BT Group and Westpac New Zealand. He has also worked across the funds management industry within Colonial First State Global Asset Management and Credit Suisse Asset Management.
Richard is a proven leader having led teams of over 600 people. He has worked through the merger of a number of listed ASX companies and been heavily involved in debt raising across Asia, Europe and the United States.
Richard holds a Bachelor of Accounting and is a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. He has completed the Advanced Management program at INSEAD.