Michael L. Thomas

Director of Research & Senior Portfolio Manager

Michael L. Thomas is a co-founder of AIQ Asset Management and serves and Senior Portfolio Manager and the Director of Research at the firm. Michael has nearly 30 years of financial services experience and joined AIQ’s predecessor firm, ARC Asset Management, in 2020 from Falcon Point Capital, LLC where he was a Senior Portfolio Manager and one of the founding partners. He managed more than $1 billion in assets across both small cap equity and high yield strategies for some of the top pension funds and asset allocators in the U.S. and in Europe while also working with several smaller pension plans, foundations, endowments, and high net worth individuals.

Prior to joining Falcon Point, Michael worked as part of a team managing small cap equity strategies for Dresdner RCM Global Investors (now part of Allianz Global Investors). He also worked as a sell side research analyst covering various segments of the computer services industry for both Salomon Smith Barney and Montgomery Securities and as a consultant for Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture).

Michael earned a B.A., Magna Cum Laude in Finance from Loyola University in Maryland and an MBA with Honors from Columbia Business School.

Outside of work, Michael works with disadvantaged children, spends time with his wife and five sons, and enjoys sports.