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David Roden

David has 30 years' experience in equity markets.

He joined de Zoete and Bevan in 1980 in convertible bond, option and risk arbitrage sales.

David was Global Head of Equity Derivatives at BZW, which included responsibility for proprietary trading, from 1990 to 1997.

In 1990 to 1991 he was Chairman of the committee responsible for the merger of LIFFE and the London Traded Options Market.

David has a degree in Mathematics from Wadham College, Oxford. .

Parthipan Paramsothynathan

Parthipan has several years of experience in the finance and accounting field.

He started his career as an auditor at KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Co.

He then worked at Amba Research as an equity analyst for three years, providing customised research for hedge funds.

He joined Independent Global Research in May 2007.

Parthipan is a member of ACCA and a passed finalist of CIMA and CFA.

Ken Poole

Ken has experience in credit research and public finance structuring and advisory.

He has previously been a researcher at the London Business School, focusing on secured credit, CDS pricing, and capital structure analysis.

Prior to this, he was an Attorney in California where he worked in Public Finance analyzing municipal bond issuances, and represented as well as advised public-sector clients.

Ken has a MSc. in Finance with a Quantitative Finance Concentration from the London Business School, a J.D. from Cornell University Law School, and a B.A. in Global and International Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara

Joaquin Mercado Sapiain

Joaquin has a Masters in Finance from the London Business School; a Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University, Washington DC; a Diploma in International Management from the University of Oxford and a BA in Economics from the Universidad de Los Andes in Venezuala.

Joaquin worked for Venezuala's largest steel exporter in the Strategic Planning Department on the resolution of trade cases for Venezualan steel exports.

In the USA he worked as a research assistant in the International Finance Team at the World Bank.

Joaquin is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Krisztian Szentessy

Krisztian has several years of experience in economics and finance in Europe and in the United States.

He worked as an assistant professor at the Budapest University of Economics and as an associate at Citigroup Budapest, Corporate Finance.

Krisztian joined Independent Global Research in 2007 and has focussed on US event driven research. During this time he has worked for an extended period in New York.

Krisztian has an MSc in Economics from University College London and an Masters in Finance from the London Business School.

Krisztian speaks Hungarian, Spanish and English.