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ED Analysts
Jennie Adams
Jennie Adams
Jennie has over 20 years experience as first a fund manager, and then an investment analyst working for Abbey Life, BZW and Norwich Union. She has specialised in both Industrial and Consumer groups previously and is now involved in healthcare activities.
Brian Basham
Brian Basham
John Borgars
John Borgars
John was winner of the inaugural Wincott Foundation prize for his article on 'Equity Risk Premium' and runner-up the following year for work on the 'Neglected Company Effect.' He has over thirty years experience of analysis for the buy-side, World Bank and HMG; a specialist in financial and property sectors.
Lorenza Castellon
Lorenza Castellon
A seasoned analyst who has experience on both the buy and sell sides of the City, covering the Pharmaceutical sector for ABN Amro and First State Investments.
John Cornford
John Cornford
John has over 30 years experience in the stock-market, following diverse smaller companies and specialising in capital goods and mining. In his career he worked at Grieveson Grant, Capel Cure Myers and Keith Bayley Rogers.
David Eaton
David Eaton
20 years experience as an analyst, corporate financier and private equity investment professional. During his career he has worked for major houses such as BZW and Schroders; a specialist in the property, asset backed and specialty financials sectors.
Conor Fahy
Conor Fahy
With more than 40 years experience of investment analysis at Henderson Crosthwaite, Capel Cure, Teather & Greenwood (Research Partner), and Marshalls (Research director), Conor has become widely recognized for his work on Media, Natural Resources and Smaller Companies. He was one of the founding members of Equity Development; running the research function for a number of years.
Denis Gross
Denis Gross
A figure recognised in both industry circles and capital markets. Twenty years spent analysing technology, engineering and renewable energy stocks at Messels, IMI Sigeco, Williams de Broe, as well as work at Marconi.
Andy Hartwill
Andy Hartwill
Andy has over 25 years experience in global financial markets. During that time he has held positions including Head of Research, Head of UK Equities and Global Strategist with several stockbrokers and global investment banks. He is now a veteran of four global crises and brings the so-called "top down" or "macro" perspective to individual company and thematic analysis.
Paul Hill
Paul Hill
With more than 20 years
experience of investment analysis, Paul is an authoritative voice on value
investing, equity research and fund management. During this time, he has
garnered a strong retail investor following, and possesses a
"Masters in Wealth Management", a degree in Electrical Engineering
and is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant. Paul has also worked in
senior financial positions for O2, Unilever, GKN and Marconi.
Edmond Jackson
Edmond Jackson
Edmond is an established financial analyst and commentator who has been awarded the Investment Management Certificate. He has a wide range of experience, including covering smaller companies with notable expertise in support service sectors.
Ben Maitland
Ben Maitland
Ben has 16 years experience in the stock market on both the Buy side, as a multi-asset investment manager and the Sell side, having worked for institutions such as HSBC, WestLB and CAI Cheuvreux. As an analyst he has covered Pan European Consumer Goods, the UK Leisure industry and latterly, Industrials and Media companies. Prior to entering the City, he worked as a management accountant and holds the ASIP (CFA UK) qualification.
Matthew O'Keeffe
Matthew O'Keeffe
Matthew has worked for 20 years as a transport sector analyst. The first six of those were at UBS, followed by Deutsche Bank for four years. His last six years have been spent at Soc Gen and he was ranked #5 individually in the 2010 Extel survey of transport sector analysts.
Will Purcell
Will Purcell
Based in Canada, Will Purcell has a degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and has been involved with the resource sector for over 30 years. He began as a miner and later as a consultant, commentator and analyst, using his background in statistics and mathematical modelling to cover a wide variety of mineral projects; notably diamonds, precious metals and base metals.
John Walter
John Walter
John Walter ran the Metis Opportunities Fund, a long/short UK small and mid cap equities fund for a number of years before working for Equity Development. Prior to that he worked as a specialist high yield salesman at JP Morgan Chase. John has also worked at Greenwich NatWest, Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society and Manufacturers Hanover.

