Date of Appointment
1 March 2021

Skills and Experience
Michael brings a combination of investment, operational and CEO-level management experience, with expertise in managing money, people and organisations. A particular management specialism is Michael’s experience of leading sales and marketing divisions.

During his executive career, Michael held several senior management and investment roles. He was an investment director of Thames River Capital, a board member and the managing director of the sales and marketing divisions of HSBC Investments UK Ltd, managing director and head of retail for DWS, the UK mutual fund business of Deutsche Asset Management, and director and global equity portfolio manager of Baring Asset Management.

External Appointments
Michael is a non-executive director of Fidelity Asian Values PLC, where he chairs the management engagement committee, and a nonexecutive director of Carrington Wealth Management, Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited and EdenTree Investment Management Limited. Michael also acts as an adviser to Gresham House Asset Management.