Evercore announced that Luigi de Vecchi will be joining the firm in September 2025 as senior managing director and chairman of its continental European advisory business. He will be based in Milan, Italy, where Evercore is in the process of opening an office. Mr. de Vecchi brings over 35 years of investment banking experience to Evercore and has advised on some of Europe and Italy's largest and most high-profile transactions.
At Evercore, he will spearhead the buildout of the firm?s presence in Italy, and Europe more broadly. He will work in close partnership with Evercore?s existing team in Paris, focusing on the firm?s large European and global strategic clients. Mr. de Vecchi joins Evercore from Citigroup, where he was chairman of continental Europe for corporate and investment banking.
Prior to joining Citi in 2012, he was global co-head of investment banking at Credit Suisse, and previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Kleinwort Benson. Mr. de Vecchi received his MA in Business Studies and Economics from the L.U.I.S.S. University in Rome, where he is currently a finance professor and member of the advisory board. He is chairman of Fondazione Sylva, a charity focused on reforestation, and a member of the advisory board of both Save the Children Italia and Fondazione Nuovo Millennio.
