Evercore Wealth Management Appoints Darlene Marchesani, Kirsten Weisser as Wealth Advisors NEW YORK, May 18, 2015 - Evercore Wealth Management LLC today announced the appointment of two Wealth Advisors, Darlene Marchesani and Kirsten Weisser.

Ms. Marchesani joins the firm as a Managing Director and Wealth Advisor from Wilmington Trust Company, where she worked as a Senior Fiduciary Advisor. Prior to joining Wilmington in 2011, she held senior fiduciary roles at Wells Fargo and at PNC, and worked as an estate planning tax attorney. She is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Ms. Weisser joins Evercore Wealth Management as a Managing Director and Wealth Advisor from Mechanics Bank, where she worked for eight years as a wealth management executive. She was previously the senior fiduciary officer for the San Francisco office of U.S. Trust Company. She is based in San Francisco.

"We are pleased to welcome Darlene and Kirsten to our growing national practice," said Evercore Wealth Management Chief Executive Officer Jeff Maurer. "They further strengthen our trust and family wealth capabilities, working directly with clients and with our colleagues at Evercore Trust Company to deliver customized fiduciary and family wealth services."

About Evercore Wealth Management

Evercore Wealth Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Evercore, serves high net worth individuals, families, and related institutions, delivering customized investment management, financial planning, and trust and custody services. Evercore Wealth Management is a registered investment advisor with offices in New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Tampa. The firm manages $5.9 billion in client assets as of March 31, 2015. Additionally, Evercore Wealth Management offers personal trust services to its clients through Evercore Trust Company N.A., a national trust bank with
$43.2 billion in assets under administration as of March 31, 2015. More information about Evercore Wealth Management and its team of advisors can be found at
www.evercorewealthmanagement.com.

About Evercore

Evercore is a leading independent investment banking advisory firm. Evercore's Investment Banking business advises its clients on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, financings, public offerings, private placements and other strategic
transactions and also provides institutional investors with high quality equity research, sales and trading execution that is free of the conflicts created by proprietary activities. Evercore's Investment Management business comprises wealth management, institutional asset management and private equity investing. Evercore serves a diverse set of clients around the world from 28 offices in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. More information about Evercore can be found on the Company's website at
www.evercore.com.

Media Contact

Kensington Private for Evercore Wealth Management
Aline Sullivan, +1-203-918-3389 aline@kensingtonprivate.com

Investor Contact

Robert B. Walsh
Chief Financial Officer, Evercore
+1-212-857-3100

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