Michael Barakos, managing director, is a portfolio manager within the J.P. Morgan Asset Management International Equity Group, based in London. An employee since 1999, Michael was Head of the Europe Equities Behavioural Finance Team between 2009 and 2016 and co-CIO of the International Equities Behavioural Finance Team between 2017 and 2020. Michael joined the firm as a graduate trainee. He obtained a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is a CFA charterholder.​