An investment professional with over 30 years experience building high performance teams, setting global & regional business strategy and client management across the spectrum of third party distribution partnerships and institutional investors. Michael Thompson is a Managing Director and Global Head of Institutions at Alliance Bernstein. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the firm’s engagement with institutional investors globally, setting strategic priorities and goals for the institutional business & services, and engaging with clients to represent market views and investment strategies. Prior to this, Michael was the Global Head of Fixed Income Business Development