Evercore Hires JPMorgan Health-Care Banking Head Ben Carpenter

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s global co-head of health-care investment banking Ben Carpenter has left the firm for a role at Evercore Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Carpenter resigned from the biggest US bank last week and will be joining Evercore as a senior managing director next year, the people said, asking not to be identified because the hire hasn’t been announced.