Biography

For 29 years Michael has invested directly at the security level and indirectly as an asset allocator in traditional and alternative asset classes.  He is a Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds and Alternative Alpha, and on the Investment Committee at APG, a world leader in Environmental, Social and Governance Investing.  Previously he was the Chief Investment Officer at MOV37 and Protege Partners.  Michael is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics and Finance at Columbia Business School, where he teaches Institutional Investing, an advanced MBA course that he created. 

Michael also testifies as an expert witness in financial and technology litigation.  He was a portfolio manager and global head of equities at FRM, a multi-strategy investment solutions provider.  Prior to that, Michael was a portfolio manager at Soros, the macro fund and family office, and at Credit Suisse.  Before that he was a Real Estate analyst at Dean Witter.

Michael is a board member of AIMA.  He is on the Milken Institute’s Global Capital Markets Advisory Council, the management advisory council for the Michael Price Student Investment Fund and a Special Advisor to The Tokyo University of Science’s Endowment.  Michael is a former co-founder of Project Punch Card, a not-for-profit organization, and The Artificial Intelligence in Finance Institute. He is a member of The Economic Club of New York.  Michael is a former Chair at CFANY, where he has received multiple awards, including Volunteer of the Year.  He has researched the impact of AI on Finance for The World Economic Forum.  

Michael is a published author, having written for The New York Times, Institutional Investor and investment books. He has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNBC, Bloomberg and Reuters. He is a frequent panelist, moderator and lecturer for investment banks, institutional and family office organizations and business schools.  Michael has a BS from New York University and an MBA from Columbia University.