Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007441
Chunk: 106

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 106
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 24, 2025, all of whom have been appointed by, and serve at the discretion of, our board of directors.

Peter Orszag, 56 

Mr. Orszag became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lazard, Inc. and Lazard Group effective January 2025 and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Lazard, Inc. and Lazard Group in October 2023. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Financial Advisory from June 2019 until September 2023. Prior to that he was Lazard’s Head of North American Mergers & Acquisitions since July 2018 and Global Co-Head of Healthcare since November 2016. Mr. Orszag joined Lazard in May 2016 as a Vice Chairman of Investment Banking from Citigroup, where he was Vice Chairman of Corporate and Investment Banking and Chairman of the Financial Strategy and Solutions Group from January 2011 to February 2016. Mr. Orszag served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama Administration from January 2009 to July 2010, and was the Director of the Congressional Budget Office from January 2007 to December 2008. Mr. Orszag is a member of the Board of Directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Mt. Sinai Medical Center, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Mary Ann Betsch, 46 

Ms. Betsch became Chief Financial Officer of Lazard, Inc. and Lazard Group in October 2022. Prior to joining Lazard, Ms. Betsch worked at Citadel, where she helped lead the finance and accounting function since 2018. Ms. Betsch was previously a partner at PwC, where she spent 17 years in a variety of audit and advisory roles serving global investment banks and other financial institutions. She also completed a two-year fellowship program supported by the Federal Reserve Board’s Chief Accountant. She holds a CPA license in the State of New York and is a CFA charterholder. 

Evan L. Russo, 50

Mr. Russo became Chief Executive Officer of Lazard’s Asset Management business in June 2022. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Lazard, Inc. and Lazard Group from October 2017 until October 2022. Mr. Russo has served as Managing Director of Lazard since 2009, and prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer was Co-Head of Lazard