Michael Dowdall

Michael Dowdall

Principal, CIO
Mike is Chief Investment Officer of Alternative Fund Advisors and the portfolio manager of the AFA Private Credit Fund. He is a responsible for the investment sourcing, due diligence, and positioning of the Fund.

Prior to joining Alternative Fund Advisors, Mike was a director and portfolio manager at BMO Global Asset Management, where he managed the US multi-asset and multi-alternative portfolios. He was a member of the firm’s Global Asset Allocation Committee, where he led credit research and tactical positioning for the firm’s global multi-asset portfolios. Before BMO, Mike was an investment analyst at Lighthouse Partners, where he focused on allocating to fixed income and relative value alternative strategies. He started his career at Protiviti Consulting, performing asset-based loan due diligence on behalf of large banks.

Mike is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago and is a CFA Charterholder. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.