About Our Founder

Michael Viazzoli is the founder and Managing Partner of Relational Currency Advisory LLC.

A purpose driven leader with a 35 year career in banking and leadership, Michael has built businesses, led teams, and developed relationships globally. His experience spans institutions ranging from community and regional banks to some of the world’s largest financial organizations, including senior leadership roles at HSBC, BOK Financial, Bank of America, and Credit Suisse.

Throughout his career, Michael’s work has centered on relationship-driven leadership cultivating trust with clients, colleagues, investors, regulators, and communities. He has managed large corporate relationships across multiple continents, led organizations of hundreds of employees, and helped guide businesses through periods of growth, transition, and integration.

These experiences reinforced a simple but powerful idea: relationships are the most valuable currency in the modern economy.

Relational Currency Advisory LLC was founded to help college students and early-career professionals understand this reality earlier in life. Through structured mentorship and practical frameworks, Michael advises how authentic relationships create access, influence, and ultimately power driving life-long personal fulfillment and professional success.

Michael holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Davis.

Beyond his professional work, Michael is actively engaged in a select group of leadership and governance communities. His current affiliations include the Young Presidents Organization, the Private Directors Association, and the alumni community of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

He is an American–Swiss dual citizen, fluent in Swiss-German, and has lived and worked in cities including Boston, Zurich, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Kansas City.

He and his wife are the proud parents of four children.