Evercore announced that Chris Connelly has joined the firm as a senior managing director in its New York-based industrials investment banking group. He will support the continued investment in Evercore's business services efforts, bringing extensive expertise across the commercial, industrial, and technical services industries. Previously, Mr. Connelly spent more than a decade at J.P. Morgan, most recently as a managing director on the global business services team, where he advised private equity groups, corporations and family-owned businesses on M&A and capital raising transactions.

He began his career as an engineer at Kiewit Corp. Mr. Connelly holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Bucknell University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business.