As befits a modern, 21st century industry, investment banking is comprised of people with all sorts of backgrounds and from all walks of life. There are outliers, of course, and this episode of Pencils Down has one such individual as its guest.

Before founding Ithron Advisors, Michael Grotell was involved in high net worth marketing in jewelry and fine art, was an award-winning writer, a change management guru, had dual degrees in Economic History and History of Art, among a multitude of other things. 

A self-styled “CEO whisperer,” Mike shares with host Fed Baradello and his podcast audience some fascinating secrets and insights about his storied career both in and out of the investment banking world.