Michael is the lead portfolio manager of the firm’s Emerging Local Debt strategy and is a member of the Emerging Markets Debt Team. He specializes in developing strategies and assessing opportunities in local debt and currency markets.

Prior to joining Wellington in 2014, Michael was a portfolio manager at Tandem Global Partners. Before that, he was a proprietary trader in the emerging markets group at JPMorgan, focused on relative value and rate and currency arbitrage. Earlier, he managed emerging markets portfolios at Oppenheimer Funds.

Michael holds a BA in economics, cum laude, and an MA in international economics and finance from Brandeis University.