Michael is the CIO of Private Markets and serves on Mercer’s Alternative Investment Committee and the Ratings Review Committees for Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastructure and Real Estate. His duties include research and manager due diligence and monitoring across private equity, private debt and natural resources investments. He also serves as portfolio manager for the Mercer Private Investment Partners series of multimanager private market funds. Michael earned both his BBA and MBA from the University of Georgia, with an emphasis in finance. He has received his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the St. Louis Society of Financial