---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-065450"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MC"
cik: "0001596967"
company_name: "Moelis & Co"
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T07:03:05.534717+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Moelis appoints Elizabeth Crain as Vice Chair, Kate Ciafone as COO effective Oct 1, 2023

## Summary
- Elizabeth Crain, Founding Partner and current COO, appointed Vice Chair effective October 1, 2023.
- Kate Pilcher Ciafone, Co-Founder and COO of Investment Banking, promoted to Chief Operating Officer effective same date.
- Crain will focus on strategic initiatives and client leadership; Ciafone will assume all COO responsibilities.
- Transition reflects internal succession planning; both have long tenure at Moelis since inception in 2007.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-065450
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MC
- cik: 0001596967
- company_name: Moelis & Co
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312523065450/0001193125-23-065450-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312523065450/d367517d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Crain was appointed as Vice Chair at Moelis & Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice Chair
  source text: On March 9, 2023, Moelis & Company (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Elizabeth Crain to Vice Chair and the promotion of Kate Pilcher Ciafone to Chief Operating Officer, both effective October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312523065450/0001193125-23-065450-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kate Pilcher Ciafone changed role as Chief Operating Officer at Moelis & Co.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 9, 2023, Moelis & Company (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Elizabeth Crain to Vice Chair and the promotion of Kate Pilcher Ciafone to Chief Operating Officer, both effective October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312523065450/0001193125-23-065450-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.