Michael Slifirski is a managing director at Credit Suisse in Melbourne, covering the Australian Mining and Steel sectors. Slifirski is a top rated Steel and Resources analyst in Australia, achieving a consistent #1 or #2 ranking in the annual Peter Lee Equities Survey and other industry and client surveys. Slifirski received a Bachelor of Engineering in mining (honours) from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma in Geoscience (mineral economics) from Macquarie University and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute. Before entering financial markets, he worked as a mining engineer for 12 years and holds a First Class Mine Managers Certificate.