Michael Baumstein

As Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Michael is responsible for oversight of both the Finance team and the Investment team. Prior to joining Martello Re, Michael was Head of the Private Equity & Real Assets business at Barings, a subsidiary of MassMutual, where he was responsible for all aspects of the business that managed fun... ds and separate accounts. In addition, he also led both the Financial Services and Energy Infrastructure investment teams and chaired the Investment Committee. Michael has worked in the industry since 1993 and has extensive experience with insurance companies, financial institutions and investing. Prior to joining Barings in 2013, Michael was Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Head of Corporate Strategy at Scottish Re Group Limited. Michael joined Scottish Re in 2004 and at various times his responsibilities included investments, strategy, M&A, capital management, structured reinsurance, rating agency relations and investor relations. Before Scottish Re, he was an investment banker, with a specialty in financial institutions corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions at Bear Stearns and Prudential Securities. He also held finance and strategy positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Scudder Kemper Investments. Michael is a graduate of Rutgers University and received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.Read More