Our People: Technology & Telecoms
Max Royde – Managing Director, Corporate Broking
Max joined KBC Peel Hunt in 1999. He’s been involved in numerous transactions and fundraisings including private placements, floats, secondary issues and M&A.
Before joining KBC Peel Hunt and specialising in technology sales, Max worked as a telecoms analyst.
max.royde@kbcpeelhunt.com
Oliver Scott – Director, Corporate Finance
Oliver joined KBC Peel Hunt in 1997 and has been responsible for managing over 60 transactions including IPOs, secondary issues, takeovers and disposals for companies on both AIM and the Full List. Since 2002, Oliver has specialised in the IT sector.
Oliver is a fellow of the Securities Institute and sits on both the committee of the Securities Institute Corporate Finance forum and the Securities Institute Corporate Finance examinations panel. After leaving Reading University in 1990 with a degree in Economics, Oliver spent six years advising on cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions.
oliver.scott@kbcpeelhunt.com
Tim Dainton – Equity Sales
Tim joined KBC Peel Hunt in 2003 as a specialist salesman in the technology and biotech sectors.
He has 15 year‘s experience as a mid and small cap fund manager, and has worked for Gartmore and Aetna Investment Management as a fund manager specialising in the financial and real estate sectors. Tim was a financial and property specialist in his early days at Aetna. He later moved onto smaller companies, joined Gartmore as a small cap specialist before moving to KBC Peel Hunt.
tim.dainton@kbcpeelhunt.com
Richard Kauffer – Corporate Finance
Richard has worked within Corporate Finance for the last 7 years and has extensive experience covering IPOs on the Official List and on AIM, secondary fund raisings, mergers, acquisitions and Rule 3 advisory roles.
He holds an Economics degree from the LSE and a post graduate qualification in law. He begun his career in the House of Commons as a researcher to a Member of Parliament.
richard.kauffer@kbcpeelhunt.com
Simon Strong – Analyst
Simon joined KBC Peel Hunt in 2006 and has over fifteen year’s experience covering UK equities of which the last eight have been as a software and IT services specialist. His previous sell side experience was gained at Panmure Gordon and prior to that he worked on the buy side at Rea Brothers.
Simon was ranked second in the 2005 Extel Starmine Survey for UK software stock pickers. He graduated from University of Wales, Bangor in Agricultural Economics.
simon.strong@kbcpeelhunt.com
Alex Jarvis – Analyst
Alex joined KBC Peel Hunt in 2000 and specialises in the technology sector. In addition to her research on non-client companies, Alex has substantial experience in corporate transactions ranging from pre-IPO raisings to IPOs, secondary offerings and acquisitions. She also has regular contact with institutional investors.
Alex has an MA in Modern Languages from Oxford University and further qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
alex.jarvis@kbcpeelhunt.com
Andrew Darley – Analyst
Andrew joined KBC Peel Hunt in 2005 after five years as a telecoms analyst with ING Financial Markets. He is now responsible for a range of stocks, from fixed-line telcos and telco maintenance companies to web hosting and software application providers.
In the Extel Starmine survey, Andrew ranked first in the UK, and second in Europe, for telecoms earnings estimate precision in 2003, and third for stock picking in the UK in 2004. The 2005 Rate survey also placed Andrew 11th best analyst in the City across all sectors.
andrew.darley@kbcpeelhunt.com
