Bio

Bertram Michel has over 24 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance in the United States and in Europe. Prior to focusing on the execution of investment banking transactions for middle-market companies, Mr. Michel was a Director in investment banking at Merrill Lynch in New York where he worked for 11 years. Mr. Michel has executed over 50 transactions for corporations in various industries, including telecommunications, media, technology, healthcare, financial services, retail, textile/apparel, general industrial, consumer products, steel, gaming, and power & energy, in North and South America, Europe and Australasia. Clients ranged from early stage enterprises to Fortune 500 companies. His experience spans mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and financing transactions, including public and private offerings of debt and equity securities. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Michel worked at Dresdner Bank in Germany. Mr. Michel has been quoted in the press, has lectured at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, and is a member of the Los Angeles Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Michel holds a BA in Business from the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario and holds an MBA from the University of Southern California where he graduated with Beta Gamma Sigma business honors.