Mr. Michael J. Woods, also known as Mike, has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Rothschild Asset Management Inc. since March 19, 2015. Prior to this, Mr. Woods served as the Head of the Americas Global Client Group at Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. and as its Managing Director since 2009. He served as the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, and U.S. Head of Distribution at DeAWM Distributors, Inc. (previously known as DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.), where Mr. Woods was responsible for managing the US mutual funds business as well as the firm's Americas' distribution teams. He served as the Head of the Americas Asset Management Business for Deutsche Bank. Previously, Mr. Woods served as the Head of the Financial Intermediaries and Investments Group and Senior Vice President at Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2007 to 2009. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of XTF Advisors LLC. Mr. Woods served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Board of Directors of Marco Polo XTF Inc. (previously known as XTF Global Asset Management, LLC) from 2006 to 2007. He served as Managing Director and US Head of Sub-Advisory and Investment Only Business from 2000 to 2006 for Salomon Brothers / CitiGroup Asset Management. Mr. Woods was responsible for strategic business decisions, product development strategies, budgeting, client relationship management, and all fund board management. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Distribution for Rittenhouse / Nuveen and a National Sales Manager for Delaware Investments/Voyageur Investments. Mr. Woods worked at Nuveen Investments, Inc. and Prudential Equity Group, LLC. He started his career as a Financial Representative for Advest and Prudential Securities. Mr. Woods serves as a Board Member of The Children's Village, The Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization, and The Mutual Fund Education Alliance. He is CIMA and CIMC certified. Mr. Woods earned a BA degree in Business from Taylor University.