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Celebrating 10 Years of Empowering Public Finance Leaders | July 20–23, 2025 | Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA

Celebrating 10 Years of Empowering Public Finance Leaders | July 20–23, 2025 | Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA

Mike Krems
Mike Krems
Partner, Private Equity Portfolio Strategies, Aksia

Mike is on the Portfolio Advisory team and has over 20 years of private equity, credit and co-investing experience. He is responsible for alternative investment portfolios in the Americas with a focus on developing private equity portfolio strategies and building co-investment portfolios.

Prior to Aksia’s acquisition of TorreyCove Capital Partners, Mike was a Managing Director of TorreyCove Capital Partners, where he was responsible for the identification, due diligence, and selection of private equity and credit investments, including co-investments. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President at PCG Asset Management in a similar capacity. Mike previously worked at Smith Breeden Associates, a fixed income money manager where he worked on the corporate bond trading desk.

Mike graduated from Duke University with a BS in Economics. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA charterholder.