Crystal Simpson is a Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets Advisory at Evercore and is Head of the Energy Equity Capital Markets Group. She is focused on the origination and execution of public and private equity and equity-like transactions.

Ms. Simpson has been a trusted advisor to her clients, working with Energy companies for almost 20 years. She was most recently a Managing Director at Barclays and Co-Head of the Natural Resources Equity Capital Markets Group. She joined Lehman Brothers in 2001 as part of the Natural Resources Coverage Group and gained extensive experience across the spectrum of investment banking transactions including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and capital raises. Ms. Simpson has spent the last fifteen years in Equity Capital Markets, originating and executing IPOs, follow-ons, equity-linked offerings, private investments in public equities (PIPEs) and private convertible preferred offerings for Energy companies.

Ms. Simpson has led more than 460 Energy equity offerings in a bookrun capacity over her career. Since 2012, she has led more than 225 offerings as bookrunner, raising more than $110 billion. Of those, she acted in a lead left or active bookrunner capacity on more than 125 transactions, raising more than $60 billion. She has led numerous first of its kind transactions including new structures and taking companies in new industry sub-sectors public.

Ms. Simpson graduated from Washington & Lee University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting alongside a double-major in Broadcast Journalism.