As President of GW&K, Michael drives the firm’s strategic priorities with a focus on operational excellence and long-term growth. A partner of the firm, he has led GW&K’s institutional business channel since joining in 2010, building deep relationships and a disciplined business development approach that strengthened the firm’s market presence and helped grow institutional assets to more than $11 billion. Michael also serves on the firm’s Management and Investment Committees.

Prior to joining GW&K, Michael held several senior roles in institutional client relationship management and business development. Most recently he was a vice president and relationship manager at The Boston Company Asset Management, responsible for institutional growth and client management across the Mid-Atlantic region. Previously, he served as director of client management at Investors Bank and Trust and spent six years at Putnam Investments managing institutional relationships, including corporate and public plan sponsors, endowments, and foundations.

Michael earned a BS in Political Science from Arizona State University and an MBA from Babson College’s F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business. He holds Series 7 and 63 Licenses with FINRA.