Chris Zander Named President of Evercore Wealth Management

PRNewswire 11-Feb-2019 8:00 AM

NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --

Evercore (NYSE:EVR) today announced the appointment of Chris Zander as President of Evercore Wealth Management, reporting to the firm's Chief Executive Officer Jeff Maurer. 

Mr. Zander remains the firm's Chief Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor and the President of Evercore Trust Company, N.A., responsible for setting the firm's strategy in providing comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning advice and service to families, foundations and endowments across the United States.  

"Evercore Wealth Management has enjoyed considerable success under Jeff Maurer's leadership in the 10 years since its inception," said Ralph Schlosstein, Chief Executive Officer of Evercore. "We are confident in the firm's continued success and congratulate Chris Zander on this new role."

Jeff Maurer said, "I have worked with Chris Zander for 25 years and know that as President of both Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company he will help us continue to grow while never losing sight of our values."

Mr. Zander said, "We are pleased with our strong growth in our first 10 years and are looking forward to building on our accomplishments in providing clients with top-tier investment management, strategic wealth planning, and integrated trust and family office services."

Mr. Zander joined Evercore Wealth Management as a founding partner in 2008. He is a member of the Evercore Wealth Management Strategic Planning Committee and the firm's investment decision-making body, the Asset Allocation Committee.  

Previously, Mr. Zander was the head of U.S. Trust's Multi-Family Office.

Mr. Zander received a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University. He is a past Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Trust Management Association. 

About Evercore Wealth Management
Evercore Wealth Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Evercore, serves high net worth families, endowments and foundations, delivering customized investment management, financial planning, and trust and custody services. Evercore Wealth Management is a registered investment advisor with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with offices in New York, Minneapolis, Palm Beach, San Francisco, and Tampa. The firm manages $7.6 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2018. Additionally, Evercore Wealth Management offers personal trust and custody services to its clients through Evercore Trust Company, N.A. More information about planning, investing, and personal fiduciary services at Evercore Wealth Management can be found at www.evercorewealthmanagement.com.

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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