DC Advisory Appoints Hope-Bell as MD

Joel Hope-Bell has been appointed as the managing director of the Business Services team at DC Advisory Partners.

Hope-Bell joins a team of 12 European Business Services bankers, based out of London. He is the fourth managing director to be appointed to the firm's City office this year.

Prior to taking on the role at DC, he was a managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and financing transactions. Earlier in his career, he spent five years at UBS and five at Morgan Stanley.

"I am very excited to be joining DC Advisory Partners," says Hope-Bell. "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."