Frederick Wild

Frederick Wild joined Jefferies in June 2018 and covers pan-European Food and General Retail. He previously worked as a researcher in Parliament for an MP after completing his MSc in Economics at the University of Edinburgh.

James Grzinic joined Jefferies in London as a Senior Equity Research Analyst at the end of July 2009. His coverage is Pan-European Luxury and General Retail. James has almost 30 years of sell-side experience covering European Retail & Brands. Prior to joining Jefferies, he headed up the European retail team at Dresdner Kleinwort, which consistently achieved top rankings.

Bhumi Kanabar joined Jefferies in August 2022, after reading Economics & Management at the University of St Andrews and interning in the Luxury team in 2021.

Alessandro Astore joined Jefferies in July 2025, after working in Technology and Industrials Specialist Sales at Berenberg for 2 years.

What We Are Known For

• Holistic pan-European coverage of 26 companies across Luxury, Brands, General Retail, and Food Retail subsectors enables broad yet detailed analysis of the key trends and issues affecting the sector.
• Impactful, actionable top-down and bottom-up insights are backed by almost 30 years of experience and a large network of industry contacts. We continue to expand the suite of alt data sources which we use to keep on top of industry developments as they take shape.
• Anti-Consensual. We are willing to take non-consensual views backed by fundamental analysis as opposed to a ‘following the crowd’ mentality.