Michael Forstl

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Mr. Michael Forstl serves as Chief Compliance Officer at Exos. He served as Advisory Board Member at Morgan Creek Capital Management. He serves as Advisor at RealBlocks. Forstl is a former senior vice president and head of independent and regional broker-dealer distribution at ING Investment Management. Mr. Forstl brings over 25 years of experience in the sale and distribution of a wide array of investment solutions. Most recently, he consulted for financial institutions on the development, launch, and distribution of new and existing products. His efforts included working with UBS, BNY Mellon, Richard Bernstein Advisors, and ETF Global. Prior to his private consultative services, Mr. Forstl was Senior Vice President, Head of Independent and Regional Broker-Dealer Distribution at ING Investment Management where he was responsible for internal and external wholesaling, business development, subadvisory and key accounts teams in the distribution of ING's mutual funds, separate accounts, offshore funds, closed-end funds, structured products, and sub-advisory services. Prior to his career, Mr. Forstl spent 20 years at Nuveen Investments in a number of leadership positions. Most recently he was responsible for the sales and distribution activity of Nuveen's Structured Products offerings, which included Nuveen's Closed-End Funds and ETNs. Mr. Forstl oversaw the Joint Venture between Nuveen and Merrill Lynch in the creation and distribution of the ELEMENTS ETN platform, an industry-leading innovative product structure. During his 25-year career in the industry, Mr. Forstl has also held positions with Security Pacific Merchant Bank, VanKampen, and Dean Witter. Mr. Forstl received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Georgia, is a graduate of the Securities Industry Institute, and holds his CIMA designation in conjunction with IMCA and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.