As a Managing Director at Tungsten, Michael brings extensive healthcare investment banking expertise and hands-on experience in life sciences company formation, venture capital, and strategic transactions.
Michael is a seasoned healthcare investment banker and life sciences executive with more than 20 years of experience advising biopharmaceutical, diagnostics, and healthcare services companies across M&A, leveraged finance, IPOs, and equity capital markets. He has executed a significant number of transactions and has deep expertise in structuring and financing complex corporate combinations across the life sciences landscape.
Michael serves on the Board of Directors of Galera Therapeutics (OTCQB: GRTX), where he lead the process on the recently announced definitive merger agreement with Obsidian Therapeutics, a clinical-stage engineered TIL cell therapy company, in an all-stock transaction supported by an oversubscribed $350 million concurrent private placement from a syndicate of leading life sciences investors.
Michael also serves as Executive in Residence and Principal at Emerald Bioventures, a mission-driven life sciences incubator and venture capital firm dedicated to forming and accelerating early-stage companies in therapeutics and healthcare services. At Emerald, Michael provides end-to-end strategic support from company origination through exit, advising portfolio companies on capital raising, corporate structuring, strategic transactions, and operational finance. Emerald's portfolio spans therapeutics, healthcare services, and drug discovery, with investments in companies such as Health Outlook, Aikium, and Bond Biosciences.
Earlier in his career, Michael held investment banking positions at several of the world's leading financial institutions, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Jefferies, and Robert W. Baird & Co., where he developed broad expertise in healthcare M&A, leveraged finance, and capital markets across the biopharmaceutical and healthcare services sectors.
EDUCATION + CERTIFICATION
MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
BBA from the University of Wisconsin
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