Michael J. Woods
President & Managing Member
Woods Capital, LLC
michaeljohnwoods.com

Michael Woods is the President & Managing Member of Woods Capital, a global financial advisory firm exclusively focused on institutionally based financial structures and modeling, capital solutions and real estate development. Innovation, Infrastructure and Impact are Woods Capital’s three business verticals of expertise.

Michael is a partner of Carbon Quest Solutions, an environmental credit advisory firm based in Chicago and Dubai and a senior advisor for KingsRock Advisors in New York City — a network of former Deutsche Bankers focused on capital and financial solutions, structural complexity and originating unique investment opportunities. He is a board member of Roman DBDR, a SPAC specialist focused on structuring projects for innovative technology companies as well as a board member of the CROVER Group, based in Sri Lanka, a global real estate firm focused upon building resort communities and

Michael previously served as the CEO & COO of Rothschild & Co. Asset Management U.S., Inc., and Global Partner of Rothschild & Co. Prior to Rothschild & Co. Prior to that role, he served as CEO of DWS Investments and Head of the Americas, Global Client Group, for Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management.

Michael is the Chair of the Long Island Chapter for Tiger 21, a global peer-to-peer learning community of entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and investors. He is also a member of the Board of Directors, and the Chair of the Finance Committee for the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) based in New York City and Washington, DC, and a Board Member and Chair of the Development and Communications Committee of The Korea Society based in New York City. Michael is a member of both The Leadership Council and the Small Business Technology Council for the National Small Business Association (NSBA) in the U.S., and a member of the Global Executive Consultation Group of the Blue Dot Network, a division of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) based in Paris. He is a 2018 honoree of the “New York Responsible 100 Award” and a member within the “Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs Magazine” for 2023. He previously served on the Board of Directors of The New York Metropolitan Opera, The Children’s Village in New York City and The Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization of Massachusetts Bay. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Taylor University where he is a member of their Board of Visitors. Michael resides on Long Island, NY, with his wife, Jennifer, and twin daughters.