Michael Thompson Bio

Michael Thompson is a Managing Director based in London, joined Warburg Pincus in 2019, and is a member of the Capital Solutions team. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, he was a Managing Director at Och-Ziff Capital (now Sculptor) in the Private Investments group where he spent over 14 years investing across the capital structure in opportunistic credit and equity investments across private and public markets incorporating distressed, control, minority and convertible transactions. Previously, Michael worked in Leveraged Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions roles at Merrill Lynch in London. He is a Director of Aion & Vodeno, Delticus and Somers Re. Michael holds a BA in Economics from the University of Manchester and a MA in Corporate Strategy and Governance from the Nottingham University Business School.