Michael Thiele majored in Con­trol­ling and Finance at the Uni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­ences Jena. Before he joined bm|t in 2007 he worked at the account­ing depart­ment of Thüringer Auf­baubank for 2 years. Since 2016 he is also man­ag­ing cer­tain port­fo­lio com­pa­nies as Junior Invest­ment Manager.