Metals & Mining

Giovanni Holmes joined Jefferies in 2023 from Barclays. Based in London, his experience includes having worked for nearly 5 years in copper-gold exploration across Canada and covering diversified equities on the buy-side. Chris LaFemina joined Jefferies in 2011 to cover the European and US Metals & Mining sector after having covered the sector at Lehman

Tommaso Castello joined the team in 2023. Before joining Jefferies, he had worked as a mechanical engineer in the steel industry and pursued an MBA from Judge Business School. 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

Kirsten Buchan is one of our Global Resources Specialist Sales (Chemicals/Utils/Mining/P&P/Energy), having joined Marc Kofler in Dec 2023 following two years in the Utilities and Clean Energy Research team. Prior to joining Jefferies, Kirsten audited FTSE 100 & 250 mining/industrial companies at KPMG whilst studying to become a Chartered Accountant. Kirsten graduated from St Andrews

Mitch Ryan leads Jefferies’ Australia Metals & Mining Equity Research team, covering leading ASX miners across diversifieds/bulks, copper, nickel, gold and the energy‑transition materials complex. Daniel Roden Daniel Roden is an analyst in Jefferies’ Australia Metals & Mining Equity Research team. He leads coverage across uranium, coal, and small-cap copper, and co-authors coverage with Mitch

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Marc Kofler is our Global Resources Specialist Sales (Energy/Utils/Mining/Steels/P&P/Chems) based in London. He joined the Sales desk in May 2018 having previously spent 4 years as an analyst in our European Energy Research team. Prior to joining Jefferies in 2014, Marc spent 7 years as a research analyst in the Oil and Gas sector at

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

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