Chris Connelly Joins Evercore as Senior Managing Director in the Industrials Investment Banking Group

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evercore announced today that Chris Connelly has joined the firm as a senior managing director in its New York-based industrials investment banking group. He will support the continued investment in Evercore's business services efforts, bringing extensive expertise across the commercial, industrial, and technical services industries.

“We are excited to welcome Chris to Evercore,” said Jason Sobol, co-head of U.S. investment banking. “Expanding our business services capabilities is one of the firm's top priorities. The sector continues to see strong levels of growth, consolidation and investment activity, and Chris' experience and relationships will be instrumental as we continue to invest in and scale this important part of our business.”

Mr. Connelly said, “Evercore has an incredibly strong team of industrials bankers, and I am thrilled to join the partnership to help expand our services franchise. The firm’s unique set of capabilities enables it to provide comprehensive and differentiated advice to both corporate and private equity clients, which is increasingly important as the services sector continues to evolve and become more complex. I look forward to delivering for our clients as they pursue their strategic objectives.”

Previously, Mr. Connelly spent more than a decade at J.P. Morgan, most recently as a managing director on the global business services team, where he advised private equity groups, corporations and family-owned businesses on M&A and capital raising transactions. He began his career as an engineer at Kiewit Corp.

Mr. Connelly holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Bucknell University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business.

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