Our Senior Team

Philip (Phil) Holder

Philip (Phil) Holder

Managing Director Houston

Biography

Philip Holder is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he provides strategic advice to clients with a focus on the utility, financial sponsor, and clean technology sectors. Phil has nearly 20 years of experience across the energy, power, and utility industries as both an investment banker and operations professional, with deep expertise in M&A, restructuring, and corporate strategy.

Phil was previously the Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning at CenterPoint Energy, where he was responsible for corporate strategy, M&A, and financial planning, in addition to the company’s Energy Transition strategy. He previously spent over 15 years as an investment banker, where he provided a broad range of strategic advice on M&A and restructuring situations in the Power & Utilities sector, holding roles at Guggenheim, Citigroup, and UBS. Notably, he was the financial advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom regarding the establishment of the California State Wildfire Fund. Phil holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

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Our Strategic Alliances

MA Moelis Australia

Moelis & Company provides investment banking advice in Australia through our strategic alliance with MA Moelis Australia, the Corporate Advisory and Equities division of MA Financial Group, an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed firm. MA Moelis Australia provides financial advice for clients across M&A and strategic advisory, equity and debt capital markets, capital structure advisory, equities research and trading.

Learn more about MA Moelis Australia here.

Learn more about MA Financial Group here.

Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C.

Moelis & Company has a strategic alliance with Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C. (“ADS”), the leading independent strategic and financial advisory firm in Mexico, to provide advisory services to our global client base with a focus on Mexican cross-border transactions. Founded in 2003, ADS advises a select number of clients on strategic mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising and financial restructurings.

Learn more about ADS team here.