Rocky Pontikes is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Mesirow Investment Banking. In this capacity, he provides strategic direction and oversight for the group and manages its day-to-day operations. He is also responsible for developing key relationships, leading deal teams throughout the transaction process and providing advisory services on middle-market M&A assignments.

Prior to joining Mesirow in June 2001, he was a member of the global investment banking division at Merrill Lynch & Co.

Rocky earned a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.