Jerónimo Marcos Gerard Rivero Joins Lazard as Senior Advisor

Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) announced today that Jerónimo Marcos Gerard Rivero, Chief Executive Officer and President of Grupo Mexico Retail Properties (MRP), will serve as a Senior Advisor to the firm, effective immediately.

Mr. Gerard Rivero has deep experience in the real estate, infrastructure, telecommunications and financial sectors in Mexico. In addition to his position at MRP, he is Vice President of the Mexican Association of Real Estate and Infrastructure Funds (AMFII), head of private investment funds in Mexico for "The Latin America Enterprise Fund," and President of Infraestructura Institucional (Institutional Infrastructure). Between 2000 and 2006, he was Chief Financial Officer of Telefónica Móviles México, and previously was CEO of the B2B division of Telefónica in Latin America. Prior to that, he worked for Goldman Sachs in M&A in New York. He served as Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Finance of the Mexican government of Carlos Salinas from 1988 to 1994.

Mr. Gerard Rivero is a Director of the Mexican Stock Exchange, Acciona, Grupo Mexicano de Desarrollo, S.A.B., Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe, Telefónica Mexico, and AMEXCAP. He is also a Professor of Microeconomics at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM).

About Lazard

Lazard, one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 42 cities across 27 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. With origins dating to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, strategic matters, restructuring and capital structure, capital raising and corporate finance, as well as asset management services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and individuals.

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