David Blowers, Jr. is appointed Chief Growth Officer of Corporate Finance at Kroll

Chicago – Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business, the world’s leading provider of digital valuation, governance, risk and transparency services and products and a leading middle market transaction advisor, has today announced the appointment of David Blowers, Jr. as director responsible for growing the firm’s Corporate Finance practice.

In this role, Blowers will lead the operations growth strategy across multiple business service lines, focusing on financial analysis, business development and continued revenue growth for the Corporate Finance practice globally.

Prior to joining Duff & Phelps, Blowers was a project manager at Boston Consulting Group, where he recently executed several digital transformation projects, generating millions in savings through the development of digital tools and robotics. With functional expertise in growth strategy, transformation, corporate finance and operations, he has advised management teams on how to build revenue growth while effectively managing change. He has also performed due diligence analysis for private equity clients in the healthcare, consumer goods and industrial goods sectors. Prior to joining BCG, he was with Duff & Phelps, performing M&A transactions and dividend recap analysis for private equity clients.

Bob Bartell, Managing Director and President of Duff & Phelps Corporate Finance Practice and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC, said, “We are delighted to have David back with us at Duff & Phelps. His knowledge and deep expertise in data-driven analytics will support our commitment to flawless trade execution and building a superior data and analytics platform to unlock value for our clients.

Blowers holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan.

About Duff & Phelps Corporate Finance, a Kroll business
Duff & Phelps Corporate Finance, A Kroll Business, provides comprehensive M&A advisory services and assistance throughout all corporate transactions. Our investment banking specialists assist clients in the areas of buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, transaction advisory, ESOP advisory, transaction advisory and due diligence, financial sponsors and private equity and debt advice. Our practice has been ranked number one for global fairness opinions announced over the past 10 years (over 1,000 fairness opinions with a transaction value of $425 billion) and one of the top five advisers in the US middle market (over 600 M&A transactions over 10 years). We bring deep industry expertise, technical insight, objective advice and superior execution to every transaction. For more information, visit www.duffandphelps.com.

About Kroll
Kroll is the world’s leading provider of digital services and products related to valuation, governance, risk and transparency. We work with clients from a variety of industries in valuation, expert services, investigations, cybersecurity, corporate finance, restructuring, legal and business solutions, analytics data and regulatory compliance. Our firm has nearly 5,000 professionals in 30 countries and territories around the world. For more information, visit www.kroll.com.