Michael Azlen
Lecturer at London Business School
Schools
- London Business School
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Biography
London Business School
Michael Azlen is a senior investment professional with 25 years of industry experience including the founding, growth and sale of a regulated investment management business. Michael is now focused on research and investment strategies that will have a positive impact on climate change. Mr. Azlen has been a guest lecturer on the Masters degree program at London Business School for 15 years and now teaches a new segment on the impact of Climate Change on the investment management industry.
Michael Azlen founded Frontier in 2004 to bring the first true Multi-Asset Class fund to the investment industry. Michael has more than 20 years experience spanning the entire spectrum of asset management including hedge funds, proprietary trading, structured products and equity derivatives. Previously, Michael was the Managing Director of Asset Alliance International. Asset Alliance is a leading alternative investment company with approximately $3.5 billion in assets under management. Michael was a member of the Asset Alliance Investment Committee overseeing approximately $500 million of hedge fund and structured product assets. Prior to joining Asset Alliance, Michael was a Senior Fund Manager for a long/short hedge fund. Prior to this, he was Vice President in the Equity Derivative Products group at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce – CIBC World Markets and a proprietary trader first with Scotia Bank, and then CIBC World Markets. Michael holds a Sloan Masters Degree in Business from the London Business School and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP).
Education
• Sloan Masters Degree in Leadership and Strategy, London Business School • Climate Change Economics and Governance, London School of Economics • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)
Work experience
- Carbon Cap Management LLP Founder and CEO
- London Business School Guest Lecturer
- Frontier Investment Management LLP Founder and CEO
- Asset Alliance International Founder and CEO
Videos
MICHAEL W. AZLEN, CAIA, CFP Founder and CEO, Frontier Gottex Gottex Fund Management
A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL AZLEN & JAMES CAMERON
Pricing carbon 'crucial to getting emissions down' | Energy Live News
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