Frontier Advisors Annual Conference

Speakers

Michael Sommers

Michael Sommers is a Principal Consultant having joined Frontier in 2013 and is the head of Alternatives and Derivatives.

His responsibilities include undertaking manager research of liquid and illiquid alternatives strategies as well as derivative strategies, including providing specialist advice for these areas to clients.

Michael also provides risk management and generalist consulting advice. Prior to joining Frontier, Michael worked in London for seven years in a number of trading floor based senior risk management roles at CIBC, Lloyds and HBOS.

His roles involved advising on the risk and performance characteristics of diverse portfolios and investment strategies.

He was also involved in regulatory and risk governance related work at a senior level. Prior to working in London, Michael worked in credit risk modelling at ANZ in Melbourne. Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Actuarial Studies and Finance (including First Class Honours in Finance), a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Applied Finance degree from Macquarie University.