Specialist Sales

Billal Ismail is an SVP at Jefferies covering Industrial sectors – Aerospace & Defense, Autos & Auto Parts, Capital Goods – in Specialist Equity Sales. Billal started his career at HSBC, where he covered Industrials for 12 years and ran both Specialist Sales and their Alpha Capture business, globally. More recently he spent a few

Immie Venes is a specialist salesperson covering Global Consumer Staples and Discretionary. Immie joined Jefferies International in August 2021 as an Equity Research Associate in the European Beverages sector, after obtaining a BA degree in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

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

Jan Scherer is a specialist salesperson covering the global healthcare sector. He has been covering the sector for 19 years, on the sellside at Jefferies and UBS, and in the buyside at UBS, running a range of healthcare equity strategies.

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

William Beavington is an SVP covering the Global TMT, Global ESG, Housebuilding sectors as a Specialist Salesperson. He has covered TMT for over 20 years and has worked on over 50 IPOs. William began his career at Lehman Brothers, then moving to Paribas, BNP Paribas and Exane. William has worked in London & Paris and

Duncan Farr is a Managing Director at Jefferies covering the Financials sector as a Specialist Sales. He has been working in the sector for over 2 decades where he covers a wide range of both corporates & investors and brings a wealth of experience through both market peaks & troughs. Duncan has been part of

Mark Howden is a Managing Director covering the Global Consumer Staples sector as Specialist Salesperson. He also runs Specialist Sales & Corporate Access in Europe. Mark began his career at a US boutique broker in New York, has covered Consumer for over 20 years, and has built well ranked consumer teams at GS, Lehman, Nomura