Michael G. Crofton

Michael G. Crofton, Chairman of the Executive Committee, manages equity and fixed income portfolios for individuals, foundations, endowments, Taft-Hartley plans, public and corporate pension plans and insurance company portfolios.

Prior to founding The Philadelphia Trust Company he was a Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and member of the portfolio review committee at Rittenhouse Financial Services, Inc. He also served as a Senior Vice President of the United States Trust Company where he managed mutual funds, institutional and individual assets and oversaw the trading, portfolio management and analytical staffs. Mr. Crofton had served on numerous corporate and eleemosynary boards including J.J. White, Saucon Insurance Company, The James Madison Institute of Princeton University, The Witherspoon Institute, and the Faith and Reason Institute. He also served on the Finance Council of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Military Archdiocese, and special advisor to the Ukraine-Greek Catholic Church.

Mr. Crofton lectures widely on fiduciary issues and is frequently interviewed on radio and television. He is a Papal Knight having been awarded the Order of the Holy Sepulcher and the Order of Malta by the Vatican. He is a graduate of Lehigh University and resides in Laverock, Pennsylvania with his wife and five children.