EMEA

Both David Farrell and Vanessa Jeffriess joined in Mar-21, and have 13 years and 7 years of experience, respectively. We pride ourselves on stock-picking, and with the team having significant industry experience, understanding both economic and end market cycles, we have a deep understanding of our sector and the companies under coverage. Andrew Douglas has

Chloé Lemarié joined Jefferies in November 2021 and has 16 years’ experience covering the European Aerospace and Defense sector. She joined from Exane, where she was part of the #1 ranked A&D team (Extel 2018, 2019) and earlier worked at Mainfirst, where she built the A&D coverage from scratch. Current & past coverage includes Airbus,

Chris LaFemina joined Jefferies in 2011 to cover the European and US Metals & Mining sector after having covered the sector at Lehman Brothers and Barclays for 10+ years. His global approach to the sector is truly unique as he follows metals and mining companies covering a wide range of market caps and commodity exposures

Chris Counihan joined Jefferies in Aug 2021 to lead coverage of the European Chemicals sector. Chris has covered European/Global Chemicals for >15 years. Marcus Dunford-Castro joined the team in 2023 and has recently initiated on Fertilisers and Diversified Chemicals. Helena Xu joined the team in 2024 as a graduate. Kirsten Buchan joined the Specialist Sales

Charles Brennan joined Jefferies in May 2021 to cover European Software and IT Services companies, having previously covered the sector at Credit Suisse, RBS and ABN Amro with a total of over 25 years’ experience in covering the IT sector. Philipp Adam joined Jefferies in August 2025 as a graduate after finishing his master’s degree.

Together with Constantin Hesse, Henrik Paganetty and Fabian Piasta the team reached #1 rank for German Midcaps in the last 3 consecutive surveys, and we continue to expand Jefferies’ footprint in Europe. Martin Comtesse joined Jefferies in 2019 to head and build up the European Mid-Cap research at Jefferies. With the addition of Adela Dashian,

Cole Hathorn joined Jefferies in 2014, following several years of financial services experience across various roles in investment management, advisory, risk and audit. He is a chartered accountant CA(SA), and CFA charter holder. Cole now leads the European Forestry, Paper & Packaging coverage at Jefferies along with European Steel coverage. Phil Ng is a Managing

Ahmed Farman joined Jefferies in July 2015 as Head of the European Utilities team, bringing with him 8 years of sector experience. Prior to joining Jefferies, Ahmed worked as an equity analyst covering the Utility sector at Redburn and Liberum Capital. Before that he advised utilities regulators and infrastructure projects whilst working for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Zach

Andy Wade joined Jefferies in 2019 to cover the SMID General Retail sector and has since expanded that remit to include a broader range of Consumer stocks, including food manufacturers. He has 15 years of experience with SMID companies and was joined in 2021 by Grace Gilberg, who has taken on coverage of home-related names