Michaela Ridgway

Commander
DISC Type : D

Programme Director - Climate Action House, Belem, COP30 at Climate Action

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Michaela is a senior content editor and program director who develops conferences and content for top-tier publications like the Financial Times, Fortune, and Bloomberg. With a BA from Goldsmiths, University of London, she excels at creating engaging, interactive agendas on topics from AI to climate. People who have worked with her describe her as innovative, organized, thoughtful, and a real team player.

Outside of her primary career, Michaela is a talented artist who collaborates on creative projects. She has a deep appreciation for poetry and the arts, contributing her own drawings to publications. This artistic pursuit showcases a different dimension of her creativity, blending it with literary works.

Unique fact: Michaela provided the charcoal drawings for an award-winning poetry pamphlet called "Cell, " a collaboration with poet Clare Best.

Personality Overview

Risk-Taker

Decisive

Strong-Willed

They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.  They like to move fast and expect the same from others. They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.

Topics They Care About

Innovative Conferences
Her entire professional focus is on producing innovative and interactive B2B conference agendas that foster meaningful conversations and connections.
Climate Action
She is the Programme Director for the Climate Action House at COP30, leading the development for a five-day program aligned with the COP30 Presidency.
Substantive AI Dialogue
Has produced multiple AI conferences and shows a preference for fluff-free, substantive discussions on topics like trusted data in scaling agentic AI.

Media Appearances

Michaela has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Programme Director - Climate Action House, Belem, COP30 at Climate Action
12-2024 - 7-2025
Program Director at Zero100
9-2024 - 11-2024
Program Director at Climate Action
2-2024
Interview sourcing at FT Longitude
9-2023 - 11-2023
Climate Action Stage Programme Manager at Climate Action

Education

1989 - 1992
BA (Hons) from Goldsmiths, University of London
1981 - 1986
O levels in English from Welshpool Highschool

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Insights For Selling To Michaela

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Objectively showcase the impact that your product creates
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Michaela is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Michaela

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Michaela move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Michaela take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Michaela

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