Michael Adams

Michael J. Adams serves as Senior Portfolio Manager at Tower Bridge Advisors in Conshohocken, PA, overseeing the management of custom equity and balanced portfolios for individual and institutional clients. Leveraging more than 36 years of experience in investment advisory and asset management, he is responsible for developing and executing investment strategies tailored to each client’s financial goals and risk tolerance, with a primary focus on large-cap equities and balanced portfolios consisting of both stocks and bonds.

Adams’s sector expertise encompasses research and direct portfolio management in U.S. large-cap stocks—with a value orientation—as well as diversified fixed income investments, reflecting the firm’s specialization in these asset classes. Prior to joining Tower Bridge Advisors in 2020, Adams spent over two decades as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Sterling Advisors (formerly Stratton Management), and has held additional roles as portfolio manager at CoreStates Investment Advisors, head of trust investments at Bucks County Bank, and employee benefit plans specialist at Mellon Bank.

He obtained both his B.S. in Finance and MBA from LaSalle University, underlining his robust academic and professional foundation in finance. Over his extensive career, Adams has contributed to industry best practices through personalized portfolio design and multi-generational wealth management, and has served the community through board and volunteer work. His reputation is built on comprehensive trust and investment management, with a commitment to client-focused, research-driven portfolio solutions in the large-cap equity and fixed income sectors.