Michael Wollner is an Associate at Polaris Healthcare Partners, where he supports clients through financial analysis, strategic planning and M&A advisory. He brings more than 12 years of professional experience across investment management, credit analysis, banking and capital markets. His background includes evaluating businesses, analyzing financial performance, assessing credit risk, and executing investment and capital markets transactions.

Michael began his career at NBT Bank, where he analyzed commercial and real estate lending opportunities, before transitioning into institutional investment management. He then spent nearly eight years as an Investment Officer on the Fixed Income team at the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System, supporting a ~$21 billion actively managed Fixed Income portfolio through credit and relative value analysis, company research and corporate bond trading. Most recently, he worked at Wells Fargo on the Investment Grade corporate bond syndicate desk within the Investment Bank, where he supported corporate bond syndicate transactions and collaborated across trading, origination, operations, compliance and institutional sales.

Michael holds a B.A. in Economics with a minor in History from Union College. His combination of investment, credit and banking experience provides a strong foundation for helping business owners evaluate financial decisions and navigate important opportunities.

Outside of work, Michael enjoys spending time with his wife and their two young children. He is an avid golfer and sports fan, particularly following the NY Yankees, NY Giants, and NY Knicks. He also enjoys traveling and exploring new places with his family.