Evercore Appoints Masuo Fukuda as Senior Managing Director to Establish an Office in Tokyo

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 

Evercore (NYSE:EVR) announced today that Masuo Fukuda has joined the Firm's Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director. Mr. Fukuda will establish Evercore's office in Tokyo and, as President of Evercore's business there, will focus on providing merger & acquisitions and capital markets advice to companies in Japan and work alongside Mizuho, with whom Evercore has had a mergers and acquisitions cross-border alliance since 2006. 

Mr. Fukuda was most recently Co-Head of the Investment Banking Group at Mizuho Securities. He was previously the Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. and, prior to this role, Mr. Fukuda was the Head of Investment Banking at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, responsible for overseeing the firm's investment banking activities, as well as, the integration of the investment banking team when it started its operations in October 2009 through the acquisition of the investment banking businesses in Japan from Citigroup where Mr. Fukuda was head of the Investment Banking Division from 2006 to 2009. With over 25 years of corporate and investment banking experience in the Technology sector and as a senior banker he has advised on a number of notable mergers & acquisitions and capital markets transactions for a range of Japanese and international blue chip clients.

Roger Altman, Evercore's Founder and Senior Chairman, said, "We are extremely pleased that Masuo is joining Evercore. He is a highly respected and experienced investment banker with deep relationships throughout Japan. The addition of Masuo reinforces our commitment to building our presence in Asia and providing world class advice to our clients there."

Ralph Schlosstein, Evercore's President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Masuo's joining us is an important step in strengthening Evercore's world-class M&A and capital market advisory capabilities in Japan and across Asia, as we continue to build the most elite independent investment banking advisory firm globally. Once established, our office in Japan, combined with existing offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as our strategic alliances in Australia, China, India and Korea, will allow Evercore to better serve both our Asian clients and our global clients with interests in Asia."

Masuo Fukuda commented, "Evercore's focus on providing high quality, differentiated and independent advice is well received and highly valued by our clients. I am excited to help Evercore build upon its strategic relationship with Mizuho and extend its capabilities in Japan."

Mr. Fukuda has a B.A. in Business Administration from Keio University and an M.B.A. from University of Rochester's Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.

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 27 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.