Dr Kollo has a background in quantitative finance, and gained his PhD in Finance from the London School of Economics, before going onto a 14 year career in institutional asset management at firms such as BlackRock, Fidelity, Axa, as well as super fund Hesta. He has extensively consulted for numerous sophisticated financial services firms, and currently holds a Non-executive directorship in Clime Asset Management.
Michael has experience in startups, having mentored Fintechs and Cybertech startups, and joined several in senior leadership positions, including Faethm, a future of work AI technology firm that was successfully sold to Pearson in 2021.
Michael is passionate about the impacts of Artificial Intelligence on industry, society and individuals.