Michael Cook

Michael Cook is an Associate Fellow and member of the Principal’s Circle at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.

Michael is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of SouthernSun Asset Management, Inc. (1989). In his over 30-year tenure at SouthernSun, the firm has been favourably ranked by several internationally recognised publications for its investment performance, including the Wall Street Journal Winners’ Circle, Bloomberg Markets Best-performing Mutual Funds, Lipper Fund Awards, and Money Magazine’s Best Performers, and he has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business News, and Bloomberg TV.

He is also the co-founder of LauraBelle Productions, Ltd, UK – a youth play and film writer’s development and promotion company. He serves on the Advisory Boards of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee and Kinrise Real Estate, Ltd., a London based real estate investment company dedicated to renewal of all things cities by creating spaces that inspire and enable.

Michael sits on the Boards of Directors for Cave Pictures Publishing and Thriving Cities Group, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to equip communities and institutions with resources to lead change so that all can thrive together.