Moelis & Company announced the appointment of Christopher Callesano to chief financial officer, effective March 31, 2025. Chris succeeds Joseph Simon who will be leaving the Firm following a distinguished 15-year tenure at Moelis. Joe will work closely with Chris and the executive team to ensure a seamless transition over the next three months before joining Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as Chief Financial Officer.
Chris has been with Moelis since 2010 and currently serves as Managing Director, Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. With over 25 years of finance and accounting experience, he has worked alongside Joe for almost 15 years and has been heavily involved in building the Firm?s finance and accounting infrastructure and operations to support Moelis?s significant growth. Chris will continue to be based at the Firm?s headquarters in New York.
Prior to joining Moelis, Chris was Senior Managing Director of Financial Reporting and Policy at NASDAQ OMX. Before that, he served as Director of Corporate Reporting at Merrill Lynch and began his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young. Chris holds a B.S. in Accounting from Penn State University, an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
