Chief Investment Officer
Michael has over 37 years of experience as an institutional portfolio manager, investment strategist, and chief investment officer. He co-founded the firm with Howard Perlow and Leslie Kautz in 2001. From 1997 to 2001, he was a partner at Asset Strategy Consulting and its successor. From 1993 to 1997, Michael was the director of investments for Blue Cross of California/WellPoint, Inc. Previous to 1993, he spent a total of 8 years as a bond and currency trader, and then as Chief Market Strategist with First Interstate Bank, Ltd. He started his career as a derivatives trader with Barclays Bank plc. Michael was an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Pepperdine University from 1991-2000 and at Loyola Marymount University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Tufts University, and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts/Harvard). He is the former Chairman of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and is the Chairman of The Getty Research Institute Council.