Michael J. Woods is the President & Managing Member of Woods Capital, LLC (www.woodscap.com). Woods Capital, a global advisory investment firm, exclusively focuses upon institutionally based financial structures and modeling, capital solutions and real estate development. Michael is also the Co-Founder and Board Chairman of rePlant Hemp Advisors, a first to market impact venture capital firm focused on the US industrial hemp industry (www.replanthemp.com). Michael is also a board member of Roman DBDR, (www.romandbdr.com), a $236 million publicly traded SPAC which also focuses on multiple financial product structuring capabilities. Mr. Woods was also the CEO & COO of Rothschild & Co. Asset Management U.S., Inc., and Global Partner of Rothschild & Co (www.rothschildandco.com). Prior to Rothschild & Co., Mr. Woods served as CEO of DWS Investments and Head of the Americas, Global Client Group, for Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (www.dws.com). Mr. Woods is the Chair of the Long Island Chapter for Tiger 21 (www.tiger21.com), he is a Senior Advisor of KingsRock Advisors in NYC, a network of former Deutsche Bankers advising a financial services advisory firm focused on capital and financial solutions, structural complexity and originating unique investment opportunities. He is also an officer of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Finance Committee for the Business Council for International Understanding (www.BCIU.org) based in Washington, DC, and a Board Member, Finance Committee member and Chairman of the Development Committee of The Korea Society (www.koreasociety.org) , based in New York City. Mr. Woods is a Member of both The Leadership Council and the Small Business Technology Council for the National Small Business Association (NSBA – www.nsba.biz) Mr. Woods is a member of the Executive Consultation Group of the Blue Dot Network (https://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-and-the-blue-dot-network.htm), a division of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) based in Paris. Mr. Woods is a 2018 honoree of the New York Responsible 100 Award and a member within the “Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs Magazine” for 2023. He previously served on the Board of Directors of The New York Metropolitan Opera, The Children's Village in New York City and The Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization of Massachusetts Bay. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Taylor University located in Upland, Indiana. Mr. Woods resides on Long Island, NY, with his wife, Jennifer, and twin daughters.