Mike Brown

About Mike Brown

I am a senior institutional client and consultant-relations professional with deep experience partnering directly with institutional investors, consultants, and asset owners across public and alternative investment strategies.Over my career, I’ve worked at the intersection of investment teams, consultants, and plan sponsors, supporting asset-allocation decisions, manager research, and consultant-influenced growth through disciplined coverage, differentiated market insight, and consistent client engagement.Most recently, I served as Senior Vice President and Head of Global Institutional Consultant Relations at Franklin Templeton, where I was personally involved in consultant and client relationships across global platforms. In that role, I supported institutional growth during complex market environments that included investment underperformance, elevated redemptions, and organizational change.I’m often described as a strong institutional “storyteller” — someone who can translate complex investment strategies, market environments, and performance outcomes into clear, credible narratives that resonate with consultants, investment committees, and asset owners, and that support informed, long-cycle decision-making.I am most effective in client-facing individual contributor roles, where credibility, judgment, and execution matter — serving as a trusted point of contact for sophisticated clients navigating complex investment choices.

Experience

1. Senior Compliance Consultant

   Compliance Supervisors International, Inc

   Sep 2024 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Conducting annual on-site compliance inspections on behalf of Futures Commission Merchants, assessing Introducing Brokers (IBs), Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs), and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) to ensure adherence to National Futures Association (NFA) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations. Evaluated firms primarily involved in domestic futures and options trading—including grain and livestock producers, hedgers, and speculators. Scope included Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Cybersecurity compliance, financial and operational controls, registration accuracy, and employee training protocols.

Education

• Harvard University

  A.B. Economics, Industrial Organization & Comparative Economics

  1976 — 1980

Skills

• Financial Services
• Crm
• Commodity
• Real Estate
• Hedge Funds
• Asset Allocation
• Mutual Funds
• Business
• Risk Management
• Trading
• Asset Management
• Investments
• Finance
• Electronic Trading
• Equities
• Management
• Time Management
• Fixed Income
• Sales
• Institutional Investments
• Bloomberg
• Securities
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Finra
• Credit
• Access
• Alternative Investments
• Derivatives
• Financial Analysis
• Capital Markets
• Leadership
• Product Development
• Investment Management
• Economics