Michael Forrest

Michael Forrest serves as Vice President at Thoma Bravo since August 2019 and holds multiple board observer roles for various companies including Auctane, Bottomline Technologies, Conga, Coupa Software, and Instructure. Notably, Instructure went public in July 2021, Adenza was sold to Nasdaq for $10.5 billion in November 2023, Frontline Education was acquired by Roper Technologies for $3.7 billion in October 2022, and Ellie Mae was sold to The Intercontinental Exchange for $11 billion in September 2020. Prior to their current roles, Michael was an Investment Banking Analyst at Greenhill & Co., focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Michael attended Northwestern University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Economics, magna cum laude, and completed a certificate program in Financial Economics at the Kellogg School of Management.