Michael Gietl

Managing Director, Midwest and Canada Life Sciences and Healthcare Services, J.P. Morgan

Michael Gietl is an industry executive with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, based in Minneapolis, MN. Mike leads the life sciences commercial banking team across the Midwest, Intermountain, and Canada regions. The focus of the team is to provide innovative financial products and networking to start-up through small cap companies in the space. His team specifically focuses on companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotech, tools and diagnostic, specialty contract manufacturing and contract research spaces.

With over 20 years of experience, Mike’s career at J.P. Morgan includes structuring and implementing wide-ranging credit transactions and managing relationships with a range of life science, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial corporations, large research universities and private colleges. He has worked with taxable and tax-exempt financing structures, syndications and participations for these entities. He also brings expertise in treasury management for companies looking for efficient ways to manage their operations.

Mike received a BBA in finance, investments, and banking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mike is currently on the board of directors of University Enterprise Labs in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as on the board of directors of The BETA Group. He is an advisor to the University of Minnesota’s Discovery Capital group and a member of the University of Minnesota’s Business Advisory Group.