Marwood Group Announces Strategic Investment From Funds Managed by Lee Equity Partners and Appointment of Chris Librizzi as CEO

NEW YORK, September 9, 2026. Marwood Group, a healthcare-focused advisory and consulting firm, announced a strategic investment from Lee Equity Partners. The partnership will support Marwood's continued growth, including acquisitions and senior team hires.

Chris Librizzi has joined Marwood as chief executive officer. He previously spent five years at EY-Parthenon leading its US strategy consulting business. Before that, he built and led EY's corporate strategy function firmwide. Richard Jeanneret, a senior advisor to Lee Equity and long-time leader at EY, has joined Marwood as executive chairman. Marwood's existing executive team is staying on through the transaction. That includes President Walt Breakell, Chief Revenue Officer Lee Alvarez and Chief Product Officer Martin Sobel.

Marwood intends to use the partnership with Lee Equity to deepen its work. That includes serving private equity firms across their transaction lifecycle. The firm also plans to expand into growing client segments, including hospitals, payors and life sciences companies.

"It is exciting to be joining Marwood, with its longstanding reputation for market leadership and unparalleled expertise, at a time when the company is clearly poised for growth," said Librizzi. "The policy and regulatory questions that Marwood is known for answering link to so many aspects of our clients' businesses and investment theses, and we are focused on building even more market-leading capabilities to enhance the value we provide."

"We are excited to partner with Marwood after a long-standing relationship with its leadership team. Marwood's expertise and quality of advice is differentiated in the healthcare services community," said John Eppler, principal at Lee Equity Partners. "With high-quality healthcare-specific knowledge as its foundation, the firm is well-positioned to grow organically and inorganically."

"We now have the fresh committed capital to drive an even greater focus on innovation in our core business, while extending the deep expertise we are known for into new growth areas," said Lee Alvarez, Marwood's chief revenue officer. "With the established momentum in the business, with Chris at the helm and with LEP as our partner, the Marwood leadership team is looking forward to this next chapter."

Lee Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm. It partners with businesses in the financial and healthcare services sectors and has run its investment strategy for nearly two decades.