Markets

Kristen joined WOOD & Co.’s EME Equities sales team in 2006, following four years with Goldman Sachs (London) and four years with Paribas (New York). Kristen took leadership of the sales desk in 2012 and since 2014, has managed Equities.

Vladimir joined WOOD & Co. from Patria Finance in 2008 as part of our Execution team. His primary responsibilities are CEE Equity Execution. With more than 17 years of experience, he has unmatched knowledge of the local market. Vladimir graduated from the University of Economics in Prague, where he majored in Finance.

Zuzana joined WOOD & Co. in 2007. She is responsible for providing coverage to predominantly European, and selected UK and US long-only institutions and hedge funds, both to buy-side dealers and portfolio managers. Previously, Zuzana worked on both the Trading and Execution & DMA desks at WOOD & Co.

Ermir joined the Execution & Electronic Trading department at WOOD&Co. in 2015, specialising in High Touch and DMA Sales Trading. He graduated from the European University in Munich, as the best student of his graduating class, and presented the best undergraduate thesis. Additionally, he leads the Sales efforts for the Antillean Fund focused on Cuban Trade Finance. Ermir is fluent in English, German and Albanian.

Ilgin joined WOOD & Co.’s EME Equity sales team in 2019 as a Turkey specialist, following more than 20 years of equity research experience at Renaissance Capital, Credit Agricole Cheuvreux, and HSBC.

Lukas joined WOOD & Co. in 2017 as part of the Execution and Private Clients teams. He graduated from the Prague University of Economics and Business, where he majored in Corporate Finance and Valuation.

Patrik joined WOOD & Co. in January 2020 as part of our Trading team. Prior to joining WOOD & Co., he worked as a financial analyst at Mercer in Minneapolis. Patrik graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, where he double-majored in Physics and Economics, with an emphasis on Finance.

Part of the Warsaw team since 2010, Grzegorz heads up WOOD&Co.’s Polish Equity franchise, and covers both local and international accounts. Prior to WOOD&Co., he was Head of the Sales Team at UniCredit CAIB for seven years, covering international clients on Polish equities. He was also Head of Sales at SG Securities Poland.

Jan joined WOOD & Co. Warsaw in 2013, bringing with him vast experience in Sales and Sales Trading, developed over 27 years at CSFB and ING.

Piotr joined WOOD&Co. in 2013, having worked previously he worked for IDMSA Brokerage House, Opera TFI and Societe General CIB in Warsaw.

Jarek joined WOOD&Co in 2017 from Credit Suisse, where he spent six years managing the EEMEA sales team and overseeing key aspects of the regional product. He is one of the most experienced EMEA salespeople on the market, having contributed to the build-out of the highly-reputed UniCredit CAIB Securities team. He has assisted in placing many of the region's key transactions, covering blue-chip institutional accounts throughout Europe and the UK.

Alex joined WOOD & Co.in 2014, following more than 22 years’ experience in equity research and portfolio management. Prior to joining WOOD & Co., Alex was a Senior Equity Analyst at Credit Agricole Cheuvreux. Most recently, Alex ran a EUR 1.1bn global portfolio for a Greek public pension fund. He is consistently ranked in the top positions in the EXTEL, Institutional Investors and client voting surveys.

Sector:
Industrials
Consumer
Materials
Construction
Financials

Bram first joined WOOD & Co. in 2005 to relaunch its regional Sales Research business; he has a broad cross-country coverage universe following healthcare, pharma and utility stocks across five CEE markets as well as Georgia, Greece and Turkey. Previously, he spent six years at Raiffeisen covering the pharma and chemical sectors. Bram is a go-to analyst on Richter and CEZ but also several interesting off-benchmark names like Krka, MedLife, MLP Care or Georgia Capital and Brisa.

Sectors: 
Utilities
Healthcare

Atinc joined WOOD & Co. in 2017, following almost two decades of equity research experience, covering mainly the Turkish TMT, defence, utilities and contracting sectors. Prior to WOOD & Co., Atinc was the Director of Turkish Research at Credit Suisse, where he was highly recognised for his leadership and top contributions to the research, strategy and corporate access efforts in the EMEA region, achieving “key contact” status in his sectors for global clients. Atinc was previously a regional TMT analyst at CLSA, a research analyst at Global Securities, a commercial manager in Siemens AG’s telecommunications division and an auditor at PWC in Turkey. He is currently leading our Turkish research effort and was ranked among top 10 in Turkey Research category in the EXTEL and Institutional Investors surveys in recent years.

Sectors:
Turkey strategy
TMT & IT
Defence & Aerospace
Industrials

Can joined WOOD & Co. as a senior research analyst in charge of the Turkish consumer universe in September 2021. With 25 years of solid research experience, covering Turkish equities, Can is one of the most senior and well-recognised professionals in the Turkish Capital Markets. He has worked as a senior analyst and Research Director at local and multinational firms, such as EFG Securities, Finans Invest, Global Securities, Credit Agricole Chevreux, and Erste Securities, before joining WOOD. Most recently, he worked at Tacirler Securities as Executive Director and Head of Research. He graduated from Yildiz Technical University, with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, and Koç University, with an MBA.

Jakub joined WOOD & Co.’s research team in June 2011. He demonstrates a deep knowledge and understanding of CEE property dynamics – many global industry experts turn to him regularly for his local insight. Jakub covers 11 real estate stocks in the region currently – he follows the key real estate companies listed in Vienna (Atrium, CA Immo, Immofinanz, S Immo and Warimpex) and Warsaw (Dom Development, Echo Investment and GTC), as well as the fast-growing Globalworth and NEPI Rockcastle, the largest CEE office and shopping centre landlords, respectively. In Hungary, Jakub covers office specialist Graphisoft Park. In 2019, Jakub initiated coverage of the EMEA airlines: Wizz Air, Turkish Airlines, Aeroflot and Aegean. In the latest Extel survey, Jakub again ranked among the top-10 analysts in the EMEA Real Estate category.

Sector: Real Estate

Ondrej joined WOOD & Co. in February 2016 from Roklen Fin, where he was part of the corporate finance team. For WOOD, Ondrej covers Polish and Turkish utilities, as part of our utilities team; and specialist energy names, such as Petrol Group, NIS, Nostrum Oil and Gas, and Aygaz, as part of our energy team. In the 2019 Extel survey, Ondrej ranked among the top-10 analysts in the EMEA Utilities category.

Sectors:  

Energy
Utilities

Fani joined WOOD & Co.’s equity research team in 2017 from LXM Group, a financial services subsidiary of Libra Group, to cover the Greek market. She earned her BSc in Business Administration in 2016, majoring in Finance from the American College of Greece.

Miguel joined WOOD & Co.’s equity Research team in May 2022 from EY Parthenon, where he was a senior restructuring consultant for the CESA region, to focus on financial services sector coverage. He earned his MSc in Economics from the University of Economics, Aveiro.

Peter joined the WOOD & Co. equity research team as an intern in March 2020. He has supported our senior analysts with initiations of coverage of companies in different sectors across CEE. In September 2022, he took on the role of analyst in our equity research team with a focus on real estate companies and airlines. Peter has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from the Charles University in Prague.

Marta is an experienced and well-known professional to the Polish capital market, with more than seven years' experience. Marta was previously VP of the equity research department at Credit Suisse and a habitué of many prestigious analyst rankings. She joined WOOD&Co. in 2013, bringing a strong commercial focus, and a very high standing with both the Polish and international client base developed over her years at CSFB and BRE Bank.

Sector:
Financials

Łukasz joined WOOD & Co. in 2014 as a Senior Equity Analyst. His previous experience includes more than 11 years working in research departments at BZ WBK, UniCredit CA IB and DB Securities. Lukasz has quickly established himself as an authority on cross-country consumers; his coverage currently encompasses Poland, Russia and Turkey.

Sectors:
Consumer
Industrials

Piotr joined WOOD & Co.’s research team in 2016, after more than two years at Vestor Dom Maklerski SA, where he was an Equity Analyst (services and construction). Piotr covers telecoms/media names in CE3, and is poised to take on more of the region. Currently, Piotr covers 11 names: Cyfrowy Polsat, Orange Polska, Play Communications, Wirtualna Polska, LiveChat, O2 Czech, OTE, Magyar Telekom, MTS, Rostelecom and CME. Piotr is a CFA® charterholder and Licensed Investment Advisor (licence number 514).

Sector:
TMT

Maria has almost 15 years’ experience in the Polish capital market as a sell-side equity analyst. Prior to joining WOOD & Company in December 2020, Maria worked for ING Securities, Espirito Santo Investment Banking and UniCredit CAIB Poland. Until November 2020, she was co-leading and leading the research team for Pekao Investment Banking, overseeing key aspects in the consumer and Real Estate sectors. She also has significant experience in industries such as construction and utilities. Currently, at WOOD & Co., Maria is focusing on the gaming and consumer sectors. In the Parkiet surveys, she was ranked among the top-3 equity analysts in Poland in the construction and real estate sectors (in 2012-13) and in the consumer sector (in 2014-19); and the number 2 equity analyst in Poland in 2016 in the cross-sector category, amongst institutional investors.

Raffaella oversees the macroeconomic research product at WOOD & Co. She has 19 years’ experience as a sell-side economist in the city, covering a range of countries from Emerging Asia to Eastern Europe, as well as LatAm and the G10. Raffaella attended the London School of Economics and Political Science, gaining a BSc in Philosophy and Economics, and a two-year MSc in Global Market Economics. She has worked at many prestigious firms, including Lombard Street Research, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Straumur IB, WOOD & Co., and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Raffaella is also the founder and managing director of ADA Economics, an independent specialist in economic and political forecasting for Europe, and has developed a proprietary polling technique that provides detailed insight into voters’ preferences and has a leading power of three-to-six months relative to traditional surveys.

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Ildar joined WOOD & Co. in 2017 from Renaissance Capital (RenCap), where he was a senior Oil & Gas analyst covering 20 companies in the EMEA region for eight years, with a special focus on fundamental ideas and relative trades. Before joining RenCap, he worked as an investment analyst for Centaurus Capital. This experience on the buy-side helped to position him as a highly trusted analyst, with a strong understanding of the investment process; now he is a top-ranked analyst in the internal surveys of key institutional investors. At WOOD, Ildar focuses primarily on Russian energy, complementing our Russian materials, consumer, banks and airlines coverage.

Sectors: 
Energy
Materials
Consumer
Financials
Airlines

Jonathan joined WOOD & Co.’s research team in January 2016 from Tupras, the Turkish oil refiner, to cover CEE energy. He spent nearly a decade at Tupras, in charge of its Investor Relations department. Prior to this, he worked in the petrol retail sector. He brings a strong command of industry fundamentals, and an informed, but fresh perspective on the sector. Jonathan also has extensive experience in finance, strategic planning, business development and communications.‎ 

Sector:
Energy

Can joined WOOD&Co.’s research team in January 2016 to cover regional financials, with a focus on Russia, Turkey and Georgia. Previously, Can worked for Renaissance Capital, where he covered Turkish and Greek banks. Can is known for his immersive approach to banks coverage, and he is never shy to stand out from the herd and make controversial calls. Investors and managements alike appreciate his differentiated take.

Sector:
Financials

Alessio joined WOOD & Co.’s research team in May 2018, as a macroeconomist, covering CEE, Russia and Turkey. Prior to joining WOOD & Co., Alessio was a Research Assistant at the London School of Economics, where he earned his Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance. He also has a degree in Economics and Finance from John Cabot University, Rome.

Francesca joined Integrated Financial Products in 2010, focusing on broking corporate bonds, financial papers, government bonds and emerging bonds. She now holds the same position at WOOD&Co., bringing with her 11 years of experience. Prior to joining WOOD&Co., she worked for a number of Swiss and Italian brokerage firms.

Fernando has been Head of Finance at several banking institutions over his 35-year career in finance, including: Credit Agricole-Indosuez, Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza, Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata and BCC Barlassina. He joined Integrated Financial Products in 2009 as an associate, focusing on government bonds and financial corporates, and now holds the same position at WOOD&Co..

Before WOOD&Co., Marco worked for various Italian and international banks and life insurance companies in Milan, Zurich and London as a dealer, trader and asset manager on money market, repos and securities. Marco started in Integrated Financial Products as an associate in 2009, working on bond dealing and institutional research. He now holds the same position at WOOD&Co., bringing with him 25 years of experience.

Andrea joined WOOD&Co. in January 2017, and is working on our fixed income desk. He began his career in 2002 at Gottex GMBH, also on the fixed income desk, and he moved to Unicasim in 2006, where he developed their new fixed income desk. After this, Andrea covered illiquid credit and structured products at BGC partners in London in 2007.

Cecilia began her career as a money broker for Martin Bierbaum and Eurobrokers in Milan. From 1991, she worked for ICM Sim and then Integrated Financial Products as a dealer on interest rates, repos and bonds in name give-up. She joined WOOD&Co. in September 2014.

Ramzi joined WOOD & Co.'s Fixed Income Trading & sales team in 2021. He has seven years’ experience working as a senior salesperson for Akros. Previously, he worked for Dinosaur Group, in the Italian capital market, and was responsible for fixed income, trading and sales for four years. Ramzi also covered the role of head of EMEA for three years, hence his deep knowledge of the local market.

Before WOOD & Co., Giorgio worked for various Italian and international investment banks as a Fixed Income and Treasury specialist. He joined WOOD & Co. in 2019 as an associate, focusing on government and corporate bonds, bringing with him more than 30 years of experience.

Edoardo joined WOOD & Co. in 2019 as an intern on the fixed income trading desk. He later also became part of the equity execution team and, from 2023, he has covered FX trading. He is currently a member of the Assiom Forex equity commission.

Roberto is Head of Dealing on won Account at WOOD & Co.’s Milan branch. Prior to WOOD & Co. he worked for Martin Buerbaum Milan from 1986-89, Eurobroker Milan from 1989-96, Icm sim Milan from 1996-2005, and Ifp Milan branch from 2005-14 as a FX spot broker.

Dario joined WOOD & Co. in 2014 as Head of Funds/Marketing. Previously, he was a member of the board at International Capital Markets SIM S.p.A, becoming Head of Placement Service and Marketing at Integrated Financial Products (Milano) in 2005.

Patrick covers equity cash, CFDs, and equity index futures, focused on Western European and US equities and equity derivatives for international institutional clients. Prior to WOOD&Co., Patrick worked for Integrated Financial Products, where he helped set up the equity derivatives desk.

Edoardo joined WOOD & Co. in 2019 as an intern on the fixed income trading desk. He later also became part of the equity execution team and, from 2023, he has covered FX trading. He is currently a member of the Assiom Forex equity commission.

Cecilia began her career as a money broker for Martin Bierbaum and Eurobrokers in Milan. From 1991, she worked for ICM Sim and then Integrated Financial Products as a dealer on interest rates, repos and bonds in name give-up. She joined WOOD&Co. in September 2014.

Edoardo joined WOOD & Co. in 2019 as an intern on the fixed income trading desk. He later also became part of the equity execution team and, from 2023, he has covered FX trading. He is currently a member of the Assiom Forex equity commission.