Olav Junttila
Chief Operating Officer, Investment Banking
Chicago

Olav Junttila is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Investment Banking at Moelis & Company, where he is responsible for business management and other corporate functions. Olav has over 25 years of experience in the investment banking industry both as a banker and as an operating executive.

Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Olav served as COO of International Investment Banking at Nomura, where he managed client and coverage strategy, growth initiatives, performance management, and operational excellence across global markets. Prior to Nomura, he was a Partner at Greentech Capital Advisors, a global investment bank focused on sustainable infrastructure and technology. As an early Principal at Greentech, Olav played a pivotal role in scaling the firm, ultimately leading to its acquisition by Nomura. Olav also held the role of Chief Financial Officer at Pegasus Solar, where he successfully raised Series A equity and debt funding while building the company’s finance and accounting functions. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly a decade at Citi where he advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, equity offerings, and fixed income transactions across multiple sectors, and invested Citi capital into growth equity companies within the energy, waste, and water sectors.

Olav holds a Bachelor’s Degree equivalent in Economics with minors in Law and Political Science from the University of Tromsø and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management.