Kristen Bitterly Michell

Kristen is the Head of Capital Markets for the Americas at the Private Bank. She is responsible for managing a team of capital markets professionals which interacts with clients to deliver cross asset solutions that can be incorporated into a core portfolio as well as providing tactical trading strategies.

Previously, Kristen was Head of Investments for the East Region of North America at the Private Bank. In this role, she led a team of Investment Counselors who provided ultra-high net worth clients with investments strategies across all asset classes.

Prior to that, she spent nearly two decades in Capital Markets leading teams at Citi, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan. A fluent Spanish speaker, Kristen has extensive experience covering clients in both North America and Latin America and speaks regularly at industry conferences, presenting in both English and Spanish.

Kristen holds a BA in Economics and Spanish Language & Literature from the University of Notre Dame (summa cum laude) and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.