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Michael Testorf, CFA

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
30 Years experience
2 Years at ClearBridge

"No matter what type of style you invest in, value or growth, overpaying for an investment will yield poor results."

Michael is a Portfolio Manager on the Global Growth Equity investment team and co-manages numerous global and international growth strategies. He joined ClearBridge investments in 2015 and has 30 years of investment industry experience.

Prior to joining ClearBridge, Michael served as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Partner at R Squared Capital Management LLP, a wholly employee owned firm. For 13 years he worked at Artio Global Management (formerly Julius Baer) where he was most recently a Senior Portfolio Manager, International Equities. Michael also held positions at the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and BZW Securities. He began his career at the Investment Management Training Program at Commerzbank AG in Hamburg.

Michael earned a BA in Business and Economics from the Wirtschaftsakademie Hamburg (Academy of Business and Administration) in Hamburg, Germany. He received the CFA designation in 2000.

Experience

  • 30 years of investment industry experience
  • Joined ClearBridge Investments in 2015
  • Member of the CFA Institute
  • R Squared Capital Management - Senior Portfolio Manager, Senior Partner
  • Artio Global Management LLC / Julius Baer Investment Management LLC - Senior Portfolio Manager
  • Julius Baer Securities - Vice President, Senior Equity Sales
  • BZW Securities - Assistant Vice President, European Equity Sales 
  • United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund - Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of European Equity Team
  • Commerzbank AG - Senior Portfolio Manager, Vice President
  • BA in Business and Economics from the Wirtschaftsakademie Hamburg (Academy of Business and Administration), Hamburg, Germany

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