John Startin to Join Evercore as Senior Managing Director to Lead the Metals, Materials & Mining Advisory Practice Globally

NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --

Evercore (NYSE: EVR) announced today that John Startin will join the Firm's Investment Banking business in April as a Senior Managing Director in its Advisory practice. He will be based in New York and will lead the Firm's Metals, Materials & Mining Group.

Mr. Startin joins from Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division, Head of Metals & Mining in the Americas, and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.

Ralph Schlosstein, Evercore's President and CEO, said, "John has strong, well-established relationships throughout the metals, materials and mining industries globally, and he has served as a trusted advisor to many companies in these industries.  We are confident he will be a superb addition to our global advisory team."

Roger Altman, Evercore's Founder and Senior Chairman, said, "John is well known for the objectivity, creativity and deep thought that he brings to his clients' most complex strategic and financial challenges.  We are thrilled he has agreed to join Evercore and to lead our global practice in these important industries."

John Startin said, "I'm very excited to join Evercore. The Firm's approach to providing advice, and its broad and deep capabilities, are an excellent fit with the needs of the commodity-cyclical and industrial companies that I cover.  I look forward to bringing Evercore's differentiated capabilities and approach to my clients."

Mr. Startin was awarded a Bachelor of Arts by the University of Oxford, where he read Politics, Philosophy & Economics at The Queen's College, and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

About Evercore
Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm.  We are dedicated to helping our clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic significance to boards of directors, management teams and shareholders, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic shareholder advisory, restructurings, and capital structure.  Evercore also assists clients in raising public and private capital and delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.  Founded in 1995, the Firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial centers in North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia.  For more information, please visit www.evercore.com.

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