Tue, Oct 12, 2021

David Blowers, Jr. Appointed Chief Growth Officer of Corporate Finance at Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business

Chicago – Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business, the world’s premier provider of services and digital products related to valuation, governance, risk and transparency and a leading middle-market transactions advisor, today announced that David Blowers, Jr. has been appointed as chief growth officer of the firm’s Corporate Finance practice. 

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

Before joining Duff & Phelps, Blowers served as a project leader at Boston Consulting Group, where he recently executed several digital transformation projects, driving millions in cost savings through developing digital tools and robotics. With functional expertise in growth strategy, transformation, corporate finance and operations, he has advised leadership teams on how to build top-line growth while effectively managing change. He has also completed due diligence analyses for private equity clients in the healthcare, consumer and industrial goods space. Prior to his role with BCG, he was a part of Duff & Phelps, executing M&A deals and dividend recap analyses for private equity clients.

Bob Bartell, Managing Director and President of Duff & Phelps’ Corporate Finance practice and Chief Executive Officer of Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC, said, “We are excited to have David back with us at Duff & Phelps. His knowledge and deep expertise in data-driven analysis will support our commitment to flawless deal 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 B.A. 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 support throughout all corporate transactions. Our investment banking specialists help clients across buy and sell side M&A, restructuring, transaction opinions, ESOP advisory, transaction advisory and due diligence, financial sponsor connectivity and private capital and debt advisory. Our practice has been ranked number one for announced global fairness opinions for the last 10 years (more than 1,000 fairness opinions at $425 billion in deal value) and a top five U.S. middle market advisor (more than 600 M&A transactions over 10 years). We bring deep industry expertise, technical acumen, objective guidance and superior execution to every deal. For more information, visit www.duffandphelps.com.

About Kroll
Kroll is the world’s premier provider of services and digital products related to valuation, governance, risk and transparency. We work with clients across diverse sectors in the areas of valuation, expert services, investigations, cyber security, corporate finance, restructuring, legal and business solutions, data analytics 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.