R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc. - Michael Ford, CFA

Michael is a Senior Consultant with R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc. He is based in Los Angeles and is supported by our Portland office. Michael joined RVK in 2010. His career in capital markets and investment consulting spans more than 20 years and he has worked with most institutional client plan types including corporate and public defined contribution and defined benefit, endowment/foundation, health care, Taft-Hartley, and insurance. He has extensive experience in a broad range of consulting disciplines including investment policy, asset allocation, performance evaluation and attribution, investment manager searches, and asset liability studies. In his work with larger defined contribution clients, he has provided innovative solutions in plan structure design. Prior to joining RVK, Michael held senior consultant roles at both Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting and Mercer Investment Consulting. Michael's capital market experience is grounded in his prior roles as a portfolio manager for Trusco Capital Management and as securities analyst for Liberty Capital Advisors.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Mississippi State University and an MBA from Millsaps College. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts.


		Michael Ford, CFA Michael is a Senior Consultant with R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc. He is based in Los Angeles and is supported by our Portland office. Michael joined RVK in 2010. His career in capital markets and investment consulting spans more than 20 years and he has worked with most institutional client plan types including corporate and public defined contribution and defined benefit, endowment/foundation, health care, Taft-Hartley, and insurance. He has extensive experience in a broad range of consulting disciplines including investment policy, asset allocation, performance evaluation and attribution, investment manager searches, and asset liability studies. In his work with larger defined contribution clients, he has provided innovative solutions in plan structure design. Prior to joining RVK, Michael held senior consultant roles at both Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting and Mercer Investment Consulting. Michael's capital market experience is grounded in his prior roles as a portfolio manager for Trusco Capital Management and as securities analyst for Liberty Capital Advisors. Michael holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Mississippi State University and an MBA from Millsaps College. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts.
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