
Micahl Wester
Managing Director
Head of Portfolio Management
New York
As the Head of Portfolio Management, Kent is responsible for overseeing all functions of the investment process related to asset allocation and implementation for clients.
Kent was a partner at Tiedemann Advisors and served as Chief Investment Officer (2017-2022) and Director of Research (2012-2017). Prior to joining Tiedemann in 2004, Kent worked as a fixed-income specialist with Millennium Partners LP, a New York-based hedge fund. Kent’s responsibilities included financing high-grade and high-yield fixed-income portfolios, portfolio risk reporting, and various other aspects of Millennium’s daily business operations. Kent also served as a client representative at MFS Investment Management in Boston, Massachusetts.
Kent is a Chartered Financial Analyst and earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He currently serves as a board member of the UNC Health Foundation and its finance and investment sub-committee.