Stephen Withnell joined Evercore as a senior advisor with a focus on metals, materials and mining.
Based in London, Withnell will provide senior leadership for the firm’s advisory business in the metals, materials and mining sector, with a focus on Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He comes to Evercore with more than 20 years of advisory and investment banking experience. Until 2019, Withnell served as head of EMEA metals and mining investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Since that time, he has served as a non-executive director for a number of global companies, and as a trustee for several charitable foundations and endowments.
Withnell will work closely with John Startin, who heads the metals, materials and mining group, as well as with Evercore’s senior leaders globally to help grow the firm’s market-leading franchise in the sector. “Stephen is a well-respected and trusted advisor to mining and metals processing companies, and I am excited to work with him again as we deepen and broaden our coverage of the many important companies in our sector in Europe, the Middle East and Africa,” Startin said.
“I am delighted to be adding an individual of Stephen’s caliber to the Evercore advisory business here in London,” Matthew Lindsey-Clark, CEO of European Advisory, said. “Stephen has strong, well-established relationships throughout the metals, materials and mining industries globally and brings invaluable experience and perspectives to our team.”
“I am honored to join Evercore and to contribute to the continued growth of the firm’s advisory franchise,” Withnell said. “The firm’s approach to providing advice, and its broad and deep capabilities, are an excellent fit with the needs of commodity-cyclical and related industrial companies. I look forward to helping to bring Evercore’s differentiated approach to clients.”
