Evercore announced Adam Taetle will join its Investment Banking business in April as Head of the Firm's Consumer Retail Group. He will be a Senior Managing Director in the Advisory practice, based in New York. Mr. Taetle was most recently the Co-Head of the Global Consumer Retail Group at Barclays. Over his more than twenty year career, he has advised clients on a number of notable transactions including Energizer's pending acquisition of the Spectrum Battery Business, Lorillard's sale to Reynolds American, Post's acquisition of Michael Foods, Wrigley's sale to Mars, Ralcorp's sale to ConAgra, Smithfield's sale to Shanghui and Kellogg's acquisition of Pringles from Proctor and Gamble. Prior to joining Barclays, Mr. Taetle was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co.