Our People: Retail, Leisure & Consumer
Robert Brent – Head of Research
Robert joined KBC Peel Hunt in 2000 as a technology analyst. From 2001, he specialised in the retail sector, working with both established corporate retail clients and institutional fund managers, before becoming head of research in 2006.
Previously, Robert was an officer in the Royal Navy for 10 years, having won a Royal Naval scholarship to the University of Birmingham.
robert.brent@kbcpeelhunt.com
Paul Hickman – Research
Paul joined KBC Peel Hunt in 1997 and has over ten years’ experience as a leisure analyst, including eight years’ leisure industry experience with Grand Met.
The Extel Starmine survey ranked Paul fourth top overall stock picker in 2004, and he was rated eighth in the 2001 Reuters survey. He has a double first from Oxford, and is a qualified chartered accountant.
paul.hickman@kbcpeelhunt.com
Colin Climie – Equity Sales
Colin joined KBC Peel Hunt in 2004 and has worked in stockbroking for more than 25 years. He has specialised in the leisure sector for the last 10 years, and has developed a wide range of institutional and corporate contacts.
colin.climie@kbcpeelhunt.com
Mark Donati – Equity Sales
An ex-KPMG chartered accountant, Mark has more than twenty years’ experience in the broking industry. He has specialised in small and mid cap sales since he worked for S.G. Securities and Lehman Brothers, and now manages a wide variety of our institutional and corporate clients.
mark.donati@kbcpeelhunt.com
Capel Irwin – Director, Corporate Finance
Capel joined KBC Peel Hunt in 1995, and has 14 years’ capital markets experience, providing Corporate Finance advice in the small and mid cap sector, including flotations, takeovers, restructuring, acquisitions and disposals.
Capel is an Economics graduate and started his career as a corporate solicitor.
capel.irwin@kbcpeelhunt.com
Matt Goode – Corporate Finance
Matt joined KBC Peel Hunt in 2004, having previously worked in corporate finance for 3 years at Ernst & Young and has 6 years’ Corporate Finance experience. He has a degree from Bristol University, as well as a Securities Institute Diploma.
Matt has worked on a full range of transactions, including flotations, takeovers, restructurings, acquisitions, secondary fundraisings and disposals. Matt now focuses on the leisure and consumer sectors.
matt.goode@kbcpeelhunt.com
Jonathan Grassi – Director, Corporate Finance
Jonathan joined KBC Peel Hunt in 2007 with a particular focus on the Retail, Distribution and Consumer sectors. During his 18 years in investment banking he has built up considerable corporate finance experience in the listed and private company arenas (including M&A, private equity, capital markets related and restructuring advice). He has previously worked at Charterhouse Bank, HSBC Investment Bank and ING. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG in 1988 and has a Law degree from Pembroke College, Oxford.
jonathan.grassi@kbcpeelhunt.com
