Michael Morris is a Certified Investment Fund Director and has expertise in portfolio management and governance. He is a full time professional Independent Director since 2017 and sits on the boards of a variety of investment firms across several asset classes including debt (public and private), private equity, long only equity, long/short equity and real estate as well as sitting on the board of a large Mifid AIFM.
Mr Morris was a Managing Director/ Senior VP of Pioneer Investments in Ireland (€250bn AUM) from 2013 to 2017 and was responsible for the Portfolio Management of the Materials and Industrial sectors in both long-only equity funds and a market neutral hedge fund. Prior to that, he spent 19 years in London and was Head of Materials Equity Research at JPMorgan from 2005 to 2013, running a global team with a global client base of both long-only funds and hedge funds. From 1994 to 2005, he held similar positions at Old Mutual/ Arbuthnot Securities (UK), HSBC Investment Bank (UK) and Accenture as well as spending some time in the construction sector post qualification.
Mr. Morris holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in Engineering from University College Dublin. He has a Diploma and a Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors in London and is a Certified Investment Fund Director.
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