NEW YORK, June 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

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Evercore (NYSE: EVR) announced today that Tannon Krumpelman will join the Firm's Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director. Mr. Krumpelman will focus on advising clients in the financial services sector and, in addition, will lead Evercore's advisory business for banking and specialty finance companies in the Americas. He will be based in New York.

Mr. Krumpelman has been a trusted advisor to clients in the financial services industry for nearly two decades. In particular, he has advised on a number of the most notable recent M&A and capital markets transactions in the bank sector. He will join from UBS, where he was a Managing Director and Head of Banks for the Americas. Prior to joining UBS in 2014, Mr. Krumpelman was a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked for ten years. He began his investment banking career at J.P. Morgan.

John Weinberg, Evercore's Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, said, "Tannon has built a strong reputation as a leading advisor in the financial services sector, particularly to regional banks. We are extraordinarily pleased to have a banker of his caliber join Evercore."

Ralph Schlosstein, Evercore's President & CEO, said, "The financial services industry is of strategic importance to Evercore and our decision to recruit Tannon underscores this. His extensive experience and long-term approach to client relationships will be critical to Evercore's success as both the banking industry and the broader financial services landscape continue to evolve and integrate."

Mr. Krumpelman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Brown University.

About Evercore
Established in 1995, Evercore is a leading global independent investment banking advisory firm. Evercore advises a diverse set of investment banking clients on a wide range of transactions and issues and provides institutional investors with high quality equity research, sales and trading execution that is free of the conflicts created by proprietary activities. The Firm also offers investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors. With 28 offices and affiliate offices in North America, Europe, South America and Asia, Evercore has the scale and strength to serve clients globally through a focused and tailored approach designed to meet their unique needs. More information about Evercore can be found on the Company's website at www.evercore.com.



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