Michael joined Stage Point Fund in 2023 as the Finance & Operations Manager.  He is also responsible for the operational management of the SMA portfolios of Stage Point Advisors.   He brings to the firm a wealth of experience in fund operations, structured finance, capital markets and alternative investments through his career in both asset management and investment banking.

Previously, Michael was an Executive Director at a New York based specialty finance company and SEC Registered Investment Adviser where he led the firm’s strategic projects initiatives, including among other things, the development and ongoing management of structured investment vehicles offering sophisticated investors the opportunity to invest in diversified trade finance portfolios. Michael also spent 12 years as an Executive Director of MS Global Finance, a boutique investment bank and advisory firm where he was responsible for the origination, credit analysis, structuring and private placement of structured finance and private credit transactions in the developing and emerging markets worldwide. Michael began his career at Emerging Markets Securities LLC, where he played an instrumental role in the structuring and ongoing management of multiple securitized trade finance funds (CLOs) valued at nearly $200 million.

Michael holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he also minored in Economics.