DC Advisory Partners has appointed Joel Hope-Bell as Managing Director in its Business Services team. Based in London, Hope-Bell will join a team of twelve dedicated European Business Services bankers who have so far completed sixteen transactions in the sector in 2011.
Previously a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Hope-Bell has advised on a range of M&A, Capital Markets and Financing transactions. His fifteen year career in corporate finance has been Business Services focused since 2005 and includes five years with Morgan Stanley and a further five with UBS. Joel has actively covered and worked with a number of the key public and privately owned companies in the sector.
Richard Madden, UK CEO of DC Advisory Partners, says: “Every time we hire a new member of staff, we strive to improve the overall quality of our team; with Joel we have certainly achieved that goal and we look forward to many fruitful years working together”.
Hope-Bell says: “I am very excited to be joining DC Advisory Partners. The Business Services team has a strong, well-established track record of providing excellent advice to its clients and I am looking forward to helping them continue to develop. Given DC’s independence and international network, I firmly believe it is uniquely positioned to provide valuable advice to clients.”