Mike Pizarek
Principal
Mike Pizarek is a Principal in the Finance Practice at Bespoke. Based in Atlanta, he joined the firm in February 2024. Prior to Bespoke, Mike worked for DHR Global as a Senior Associate in the firm’s Private Equity Practice, working with PE clients that typically invest in lower-middle-market businesses across consumer, professional services, and specialty manufacturing. His DHR Team placed transglobal executives across finance, commercial, human capital, and operations functions.
Mike started his executive search career in 2019 with an Atlanta-based boutique firm that specializes in higher education and collegiate sports leadership placements. He has early career experience in higher education and with the federal judiciary, primarily across research and data analytics capacities.
Mike graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia, where he received Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Criminal Justice. He decided to add on a Master of Public Administration (MPA), and with it, two more football seasons before leaving Athens in 2015.
In his spare time, Mike can be found hiking the North Georgia Mountains with his wife, exploring Atlanta’s Beltline development, or escaping to Lake Hartwell to beat the summer heat.
By the Numbers
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Miles that separated my wife and I growing up before we crossed paths in Atlanta in 2020.
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Nieces and nephews (soon to be nine) which have all kept me busy on FaceTime and Amazon.
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Pickleball matches played since 2020, a pandemic hobby that I haven’t been able to shake.