Michael Poole Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Justpoint is a Legaltech using proprietary AI models and medical data to uncover harmful substances in our environment, food, and pharmaceuticals.

San Francisco, California, United States

CIM is an institutional impact private credit manager that provides strategic debt capital to emerging fintechs in North America, Latin America, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. As an MD in the investments team, I sourced/executed new asset backed credit facilities of up to $150m for fintechs originating small business, consumer and real estate related receivables.I also managed the monitoring of a portfolio of 5 investments representing $300m in assets, and executed the orderly wind-down of a $90m position of small business loans. Transaction experience in the U.S., Mexico, and South Africa.

San Francisco Bay Area

CircleUp built a technology driven equity and debt investment platform focused on Consumer Products Brands. CircleUp Credit provided early-stage consumer package goods companies with debt capital to support their growth and was named ‘Top Small Business Lending Platform’ at Lendit Fintech 2020.I acted as Head of Risk/Underwriting and General Partner of the Credit Fund. My responsibilities included overseeing Investment Activities, setting Credit Policy, managing relationships with the fund’s Institutional Investors and leverage provider, new product development, and working with the company's Software Engineers/Data Scientists to develop and improve CircleUp's tech-enabled lending architecture.

London, United Kingdom

Assumed overall responsibility for Portfolio Construction and Investment Strategy across 18 managed portfolios representing c.$7.0b in assets under management and net revenue of $25-30m. Delivered consistently strong performance while also implementing a program of enhancements to the team's Investment, Marketing, Risk Management, and Controls procedures.

London, United Kingdom

Promoted to Portfolio Manager and named lead manager for flagship European High Yield Bond Fund (c.$1.0b) and co-Manager of the absolute return 'Credit Opportunities Fund' which grew from $350m in 2011 to c.$2.0b by 2017; assumed leadership of marketing and client service activities for the High Yield funds, substantially redesigning the strategy's presentation materials and key messages

London, United Kingdom

Moved to Threadneedle as a Senior Analyst to join one of the most established investment platforms in European High Yield. Carried out fundamental, bottom-up credit research into individual companies and sectors to deliver investment recommendations for Investment Grade, High Yield and Distressed bonds, loans, and CDS.

High Yield

Investment Banking Division

London, United Kingdom

Investment Banking Division

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor'S Degree, Honours Economics