Authors

Michael leads both Hermes North America responsibility efforts and oversees Hermes EOS services in North America. He has over 35 years of expertise in the investment industry in positions ranging from CEO, Consulting Division Head, senior portfolio manager and 40 Act fund board member and Chair of the Audit committee to multiple senior management roles including as a member of enterprise risk committees. His experience also includes mergers, acquisitions and activist defense corporate actions. He has been a frequent speaker around the globe on ESG investing, investment ethics, risk management and pension liability management. He is published on these topics in SSRN, The Journal of Investment Consulting, Investments & Wealth Monitor, Chief Investment Officer Magazine and many others. Most recently, Mike was Senior Vice President, Managing Director, International Markets and former Head of Alternatives/Managed Risk Group - Senior Portfolio Manager at Federated Investors. Federated is Hermes Investment Management’s majority share owner. Mike has a B.B.A. from Loyola University and has been guest lecturer at University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, George Washington University, and the Southern University at New Orleans.