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Hey! Interesting journey, and I would love to learn more about your current role.
But to answer your question I don’t think having industry experience is absolutely necessary for joining a firm. For reference, I’m joining a healthcare company to work in their corp dev group and i’ve had no healthcare experience in my IB role.
Having experience obviously helps, and if you’re going up against a candidate who comes from a coverage group or has m&a reps in the industry you’re looking to pivot into they’ll definitely have an advantage.
In reality thought having technicals skills and knowing how to look at and analyze a company’s financials is in my mind more important than knowing certain multiples used in one industry vs another. All of that can be easily taught. Hope this helps!
Transitioning between industries shouldn't be too difficult - I've moved from healthcare to financial services for example - but as SA1 says above, the technical skills are more important. The type of company you're in has more of an impact on that as well, e.g. PE-backed companies often modelling P&L only vs larger public companies needing more focus on full 3-statement modelling etc. If you can take some of your banker/advisor relationships with you, or ask for intros to their relevant teams it'll make the transition easier.