Michiel Peters leads the advocacy initiatives at the Global Coalition on Aging and is a Senior Director at High Latner Group, a strategic consulting firm that helps position organizations, their leaders, and their ideas in the public arena.

He is an expert communications professional and strategist with over a decade of experience in the public and private sectors. Michiel worked on local, state, and national campaigns before serving as a senior press officer in the Dutch Parliament. After eight years of working in the public sector, he transferred to the private sector to build up the corporate and public affairs functions for a large family-owned multinational in the agricultural industry.

At GCOA, Michiel leads advocacy initiatives on various topics, from bone health to biopharmaceutical innovation. Additionally, he helps GCOA members with strategic positioning on issues related to our changing demography and its impact on our communities, from healthy aging to financial longevity and our changing workforce.