Adrian Walker joins Alvarez & Marsal from Lloyds Banking Group as Senior Adviser

London – 14 October 2022 – Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) continues the expansion of its Financial Services Industry Practice with the appointment of Adrian Walker, formerly of Lloyds Banking Group, who held a number of roles including head of its Global Transaction Banking business, Group Chief Investment Officer as well as Chief Operating Officer of its technology business. 

Adrian has joined the firm to work across A&M’s Financial Services and Private Equity clients and bring deep operational experience and practical support to enhance their ability to unlock the benefits of both strategic and tactical value creating transformation. In this context, he will be mainly focused on operating model transformation, performance optimisation and turnaround.

With 35 years in the financial services sector, Mr. Walker brings deep sector expertise and significant experience of leading complex transformations. In 2010, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the then Chief Executive of the Lloyds Banking Group, António Horta-Osório, as the organisation underwent a significant turnaround in the wake of the global financial crisis and the merger with HBOS. 

Between 2014 and 2021, Mr. Walker took on further senior roles at Lloyds. As Head of Global Transaction Banking, he was responsible for the turnaround and subsequent growth trajectory of the Group’s Global Transaction Banking business. In 2017, he was appointed Group Chief Investment Officer where he was responsible for allocating and prioritising internal investment capital for the Group’s change portfolio designed to deliver their three-year strategic plan. 

In 2019 this role was expanded to take on the role of Chief Operating Officer for all the technology businesses within the Group. In this role, Mr. Walker took a leading part in one of the largest successful agile change transformations in the financial services sector.

Mr. Walker’s appointment follows a number of senior appointments by the practice in the last year. In April this year, A&M announced it had hired Rav Hayer, Faisal Ahmad and Ian Foottit as managing directors, strengthening the practices digital banking, payments, data and intelligence offerings.

Adrian Walker, Senior Adviser at Alvarez & Marsal said: “A&M offers a unique proposition to its clients by working shoulder to shoulder with them and bringing deeply experienced experts to deliver high impact, value accelerating results across a wide breadth of situations. The firm has grown rapidly throughout Europe and I am delighted to be joining such a high calibre team of professionals and look forward to supporting A & M’s clients across Financial Services and Private Equity with their value creation opportunities and challenges.”

David Edmonds, Managing Director and Head of Financial Services said: “We’re continuing to hire the industry’s most experienced hands to help clients solve complex issues facing the sector. Adrian has hands-on experience helping financial institutions navigate times of crisis and a track record of capturing opportunity and delivering opportunities. Adrian’s track record of developing and implementing value-based strategies through relentless execution makes him an invaluable asset to our team and our clients.”

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About Alvarez & Marsal

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.

With over 6,000 people across four continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, creditors, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what’s really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

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