Mr. Voci is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer Group, focusing on advising strategic and private equity clients on M&A transactions in the active lifestyle, branded consumer products, and luxury goods sectors across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). He is based in the firm’s London office.
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Voci worked at J.P. Morgan, where he was Head of Luxury & Branded Lifestyle, EMEA, within the firm’s Consumer and Retail Investment Banking team, focusing on a wide range of subsectors, including luxury, fashion and apparel, sporting goods, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and high-end design. Notable transactions that he advised on during his 12-year career at the firm include EssilorLuxottica’s acquisition of Supreme; LVMH’s acquisition of Tiffany; the sale of Reebok to ABG; Permira’s acquisition of Gruppo Florence, and its sale of a minority stake in Golden Goose; the sale of Autry to Style Capital; and the sale of a stake in Valentino to Kering. Before joining J.P. Morgan in 2014, Mr. Voci spent two years with DC Advisory in its Business Services Group, having started his career at Nomura in 2010, where he worked in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance teams.
Mr. Voci holds a BA in Finance from Luigi Bocconi University and an MSc from Cass Business School (now Bayes Business School) at City St George’s, University of London.