Lazard Welcomes Will Thompson as Managing Director, Healthcare Services
October 15 2024 - 2:00AM
Business Wire
Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) today announced that Will Thompson is
joining the firm on 4th November 2024 as Managing Director,
Healthcare. Based in London, he will join Lazard’s financial
advisory practice for Europe, headed by Cyrus Kapadia and
Jean-Louis Girodolle, and its global healthcare group, led by David
Gluckman. With his focus on Healthcare Services, Mr. Thompson’s
appointment further reinforces the leading position of Lazard’s
global franchise.
Mr. Thompson’s appointment marks a return to Lazard; he was at
the firm earlier in his career from 1998 to 2004. He joins Lazard
from Barclays, where he spent close to ten years as Managing
Director and Head of European Healthcare. Previously, he was
Managing Director in the healthcare practices of UBS, Close
Brothers and Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Thompson’s appointment follows that of Michele Colocci, who
joined Lazard as Vice Chairman, Investment Banking and Managing
Director, Healthcare in June. These two senior hires reflect
Lazard’s wider commitment to investing in its best-in-class product
and sector teams. Lazard’s preeminent healthcare business is
supported by a global network of sector-focused bankers operating
at scale across 22 countries. The franchise has undergone a period
of significant growth in recent years, with the team advising on
transactions representing over $245 billion in aggregate value
since 2020.
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