Michael Cohn,has held senior trading and principal risk taking positions for Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch where he mastered the art of relative value fixed income and foreign exchange trading in cash and derivatives markets. This is precisely the underlying skill set needed to create the offensive and defensive skills needed for a modern Treasury Office. Building upon this experience he went on to found one of the first major Hedge Fund/CTA firms in London, England with Panther Capital Management while adding commodities and equity indices to his professional experience set. This was the first major CTA firm to trade options and futures as risk adjusted packages. He has specialized in risk management, trading and investments since his return to the United States in late 1999.

He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with academic distinction. He is currently the Chief Risk officer of Cynthion Partners, a New York based Investment Fund and Family Office as of 2013 which trades globally across all traded markets. Concurrently he advises Statman Advisors on Portfolio Investment and Risk Management. Statman Advisors specializes in Alternative Assets. Additionally he has advised Sovereign Wealth Funds with respect to building comprehensive risk management programs across the entire asset spectrum.