Michael Kooris

Mr. Michael Kooris is a Portfolio Manager at Financière de l'Échiquier SA. He was previously employed as a Fund Manager by BNP Paribas Asset Management SAS, which he joined as a Performance Analyst responsible for reporting to American and British institutional clients.
In 2003, he became a Project Manager for the GIPS-compliance group, while also assuming responsibility for performance analysis and reporting for various accounts, including emerging market equities since early 2005.
In summer 2005, he shifted to the International Equity Investments team to manage the emerging markets product.
Mr. Kooris holds a BSc in Languages and a certificate degree in International Finance and Macroeconomics from Georgetown University (Washington, DC, USA).
He also holds specialized certificates in Russian from St. Petersburg State University (Russia) and Eastern European Macroeconomics from Karlovy University (Czech Republic).