[ { "name": "Alexia Howard", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "U.S. Food", "bio": "Alexia Howard is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering US Food. Before joining Bernstein in 2005, Alexia was a consultant with Marakon, working with leaders of consumer products companies and retailers to develop strategies, improve organizational capabilities, and allocate resources to enhance shareholder value. She has more than 10 years of consulting experience, being based in London, Continental Europe, Chicago, and on the U.S. West Coast. Her accomplishments in the food and beverage industries have included developing corporate acquisition strategies, optimizing the allocation of marketing spend across regions and media types, embedding strategic decision-making capabilities, and streamlining product portfolios. Alexia earned her BA with Honours in Economics at Cambridge University, England, in 1991, and her MBA from INSEAD, France, in 1998. Alexia has been named to Institutional Investor's All-America Research Team every year since 2007; in 2019 she was the No. 3-ranked analyst in the Food sector.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/322.jpg" }, { "name": "Aneesha Sherman", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "U.S. Apparel & Specialty Retail", "bio": "Aneesha Sherman is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering US Apparel & Specialty Retail. Aneesha joined Bernstein in 2019 and spent two years as the Senior Analyst covering European General Retail. Prior to joining Bernstein, Aneesha spent 15 years working in US Consumer & Retail, including four years at off-price retailer Ross Stores, working on Merchandising, Allocation, Brand launches and Store growth strategy, and eight years in the Retail practice of the Boston Consulting Group, working with Specialty, Department Store, E-commerce and Big box retailers. Aneesha has also led the Global Strategy team at Intercontinental Hotels Group and worked in Brand Management at Kraft and Mars. Aneesha holds BA degrees in International Relations and Business from University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School, where she was named a Joseph Wharton scholar, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, where she was an F.C. Austin Scholar.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/988.jpg" }, { "name": "Annick Maas", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "European Media", "bio": "Annick Maas is a Senior Analyst covering European Media at Bernstein. Annick joined SG in 2022 with over ten years covering Media names, most recently at Exane where she was the lead analyst on 15 media companies, with advertising, subscription, and transactional business models under coverage. Earlier in her career, Annick spent five years at BNP Paribas, where she was part of Institutional Investor's No. 1-ranked media team. Annick holds an MSc In Management from the London School of Economics and An MSC in Banking and International Finance from the Cass Business School. Annick is fluent in five languages, including French, German and English.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1780.jpg" }, { "name": "Bokyung Suh", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Korea Internet & Media", "bio": "Bokyung (Bo) Suh is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering Korea Internet & Media. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2022, Bo worked for Netflix APAC as Head of Market Strategy and Planning for North East Asia markets including South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong where he was instrumental in developing and implementing the Go-To-Market strategy, with significant projects such as Squid Game. Bo also spent six years as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group, serving Korean major financial institutions and consumer brands. During his time at BCG, he was selected to support a global charity, Save the Children International in the UK, as a BCG secondee. Bo began his career at Kearney in 2011 as a junior associate. Bo holds a BA in Business Administration from Yonsei University in South Korea, with an honor for excellent students for early graduation.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1267.jpg" }, { "name": "Chad Dillard", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "U.S. Machinery", "bio": "Chad Dillard is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering US Machinery. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2020, Chad was a Senior Analyst at Deutsche Bank covering both the Machinery and Engineering & Construction sectors, where he was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Institutional Investor in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Chad began his tenure at DB in 2011 as an associate on the Semiconductor Equipment and Machinery teams, and was promoted to lead analyst covering the Engineering & Construction sector and then later assumed lead coverage of US Machinery. Earlier in his career, Chad worked as an associate in product management and development at Blackrock and an analytics consultant at Bloomberg. Chad earned a BA in Economics and Sociology from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he was awarded the Charles H. Brunie Scholarship.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1036.jpg" }, { "name": "Deepa Venkateswaran", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "European Utilities & Clean Energy", "bio": "Deepa Venkateswaran is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering European Utilities and Clean Energy. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2013, Deepa was a Junior Partner in the London office of McKinsey & Company serving clients in the European power and utilities sector, and a member of the leadership team in McKinsey’s Utilities & Regulatory practices. She has deep knowledge of the entire power and gas value chain built up during the course of serving leading players for over seven years on topics of strategy & growth, corporate finance, and regulation. In the last few years, she focused significantly on regulation of power markets across Europe, supporting players and think tanks on the optimal regulatory posture and reform required in the face of the evolving dynamics in the European power sector. Deepa has an MBA with Distinction and a concentration in Finance from London Business School. She also qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. Since 2017, Deepa has been named to Institutional Investor’s All-Europe Research Team; she’s currently ranked Runner-Up in her sector.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/638.jpg" }, { "name": "Eunice Lee", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Asian Autos", "bio": "Eunice Lee is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering Asia Autos. Eunice joined Bernstein in 2018 as a Senior Research Associate working on both the Global Gaming and Asia Logistics and Travel teams. Prior to joining Bernstein, Eunice spent five years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in California and New York as a Manager in Transaction Services, PwC’s corporate finance advisory, where she advised clients on business enterprise valuations, Chapter 11 reorganization. out of court restructuring cases, business and financial due diligence, cash flow management, and strategic assessments. Eunice holds BSc degrees from the University of Southern California in Business (Finance) and Accounting, and an MBA from Columbia Business School’s Value Investing Program; Eunice is also a CFA charterholder.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/858.jpg" }, { "name": "Eve Burstein", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "US Life Science Tools & Diagnostics", "bio": "Eve Burstein is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering US Life Sciences Tools & Diagnostics. Eve joined Bernstein in 2022 from McKinsey, where she served healthcare clients on topics including growth strategy, operational improvement, and post-merger integration. Eve also led knowledge development for McKinsey in areas of Next Generation Care Management and Digital Health. Prior to McKinsey, Eve was in a research role at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, where she managed development of a novel method for analyzing MRIs. Eve holds a BA in Psychology from Yale, and both MBA and MPH degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1351.jpg" }, { "name": "George Zhao", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Global Aerospace & Defense", "bio": "George Zhao is a Research Analyst at Bernstein covering European Aerospace and Defense. Prior to being promoted to analyst and moving to London to join the Global Aerospace and Defense team in 2019, George was a senior associate on the Institutional Investor-ranked US Media team, where he helped to author the Whitebook "US Media: The Future of TV — Navigating the Transition to a Digital OTT World." George joined Bernstein in 2014 as a Research Associate on the US Multi Industry & Electrical Equipment team; he was promoted to Senior Research Associate in 2016, and to Vice President in 2019. George holds a BSc magna cum laude in Operations Research from Columbia University. While at Columbia, George was a summer intern at Boeing working in its procurement finance division.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/672.jpg" }, { "name": "Harshita Rawat", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Payments, Processors & IT Services", "bio": "Harshita Rawat is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering US Payments, Processors and IT Services. Harshita joined Bernstein in 2013 as a Senior Research Associate, working for three years on the Payments, Processors and IT services team, which was Institutional Investor’s No. 1-ranked team in the sector in 2017. Prior to Bernstein, Harshita worked at Deutsche Bank in Mumbai for the Asia Commodities Sales and Origination team. Harshita holds an MBA from London Business School, earned dual degrees (BTech and MTech) in Electrical Engineering from IIT Mumbai, and is a CFA charterholder. Harshita has been named to Institutional Investor's All-America Research Team since 2019.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/625.jpg" }, { "name": "Irene Himona", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "European Oil & Gas", "bio": "Irene Himona is a Senior Analyst covering European Oil & Gas Exploration & Production at Bernstein. Before Irene re-joined SG in 2010 as Sector Head, Oil & Gas, she worked as sector head at Exane BNP Paribas for four years, and at Morgan Stanley as oil sector co-head for six years. Early in her career, Irene worked at SG as an oils analyst. Irene holds a First Class BSc in Economics/Statistics, an MSc with Distinction in Energy Economics, and a PhD in Petroleum Economics from Surrey University.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1820.jpg" }, { "name": "Jay Huang", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Asian Industrial Technology", "bio": "Jay Huang is Director of Greater China Research at Bernstein and the Senior Analyst covering Asia Industrial Technology. His coverage includes automation and other advanced industrial technologies such as machine vision, laser, IIoT, and artificial intelligence. Jay joined Bernstein in 2013 from McKinsey, where he was a Co-Leader of the Advanced Industry Practice in Beijing. At McKinsey, Jay focused on strategic and operational projects for multinational and Chinese corporates across the factory automation, electrical equipment, machinery, and high-tech industrial sectors. Jay holds a PhD in Applied Physics (focusing on laser technology) from Stanford University and a BSc in Physics from Beijing University.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/623.jpg" }, { "name": "Laurent Yoon", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "US Media & Telecom", "bio": "Laurent Yoon is a Senior Analyst covering US Media and Telecom at Bernstein. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2022, Laurent was the Head of Strategic Investments at Comcast, where he established, built, and ran the corporate investment function. In his role at Comcast, Laurent led the C-suite process on investment and acquisition decisions from deal sourcing to execution, and developed growth strategies and investment theses across video, ad-tech, personalized connectivity, and adjacent growth areas like gaming and IoT. Previously, Laurent was an executive in corporate strategy at AT&T, and earlier in his career, he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey in the TMT practice, where he served clients in North America, EMEA, and APAC. Laurent holds a BSc and PhD from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Columbia Business School.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1625.jpg" }, { "name": "Lisa Bedell Clive", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "European Medical Technologies & Services", "bio": "Lisa Clive is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering European Medical Devices & Services. Lisa joined Bernstein in 2006 as a Research Associate for the European Healthcare team, focused on Medical Devices and Mid-Cap Pharmaceuticals. She became a Senior Analyst in 2011, narrowing her focus to Medical Devices & Services. Previously, she was an Associate in the European Healthcare Investment Banking group at Credit Suisse based in London. Prior to moving to London, Lisa spent three years in Credit Suisse's Equity Capital Markets group in New York. She earned a BA in Politics (with an additional focus on Pre-Med Studies) from Princeton University. Lisa has been consistently named to Institutional Investor's All-Europe Research Team, and was voted #1 in her sector in 2019.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/344.jpg" }, { "name": "Marie Line Fort", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Global Hotels & Leisure, European General Retail", "bio": "Marie-Line Fort is a Senior Analyst covering the Mid & Small Cap sector at Bernstein. Prior to joining SG in 2001, Marie-Line had worked as an equity research analyst at CCF Securities since 1998. Earlier in her career, Marie-Line had worked as a junior analyst at Schroders Securities. Marie holds a postgraduate diploma from Dauphine University. In its 2017 survey, Thomson Extel recognized SG's Mid & Small Cap team as No. 4 in France and No. 6 in Europe.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1790.jpg" }, { "name": "Melinda Hu", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "China Consumer", "bio": "Melinda Hu is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering the Asia Consumer sector. Melinda joined Bernstein in 2018 with more than 12 years of experience in financial planning & analysis, strategy and project management across multinational consumer corporations. Most recently, Melinda was the Director of Finance and Strategy for Walmart Asia, where she led key finance and strategic projects as well as executive and external communications. Prior to Walmart, Melinda was responsible for APAC regional finance at Christian Dior Couture in Hong Kong. Earlier in her career, Melinda held various finance roles at L’Oreal UK in both the luxury and consumer divisions. Melinda earned a BA of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, Australia and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/850.jpg" }, { "name": "Miki Sogi", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Japan Biopharma", "bio": "Miki Sogi is the Senior Analyst covering Japan Biopharma at Bernstein in Tokyo. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2022, Miki was an Associate Partner in the Healthcare practice at McKinsey. Earlier in her career Miki worked at AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and Novartis, holding senior roles in product marketing and corporate strategy in Japan and the US. Miki holds a PhD in organic chemistry from Harvard and an undergraduate degree in chemistry from University of Tokyo; Miki was a post-doctoral research fellow at Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center in New York.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1268.jpg" }, { "name": "Nadine Sarwat", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Americas Alcoholic Beverages, North America Cannabis", "bio": "Nadine Sarwat is the Analyst at Bernstein covering European and American Alcoholic Beverages and North American Cannabis. Nadine joined Bernstein in 2016 and the European Beverages team in 2019, most recently leading the team’s initiation of coverage of US Beer. Earlier in her career at Bernstein, Nadine was a Senior Research Associate covering European Oil Services and contributed to the team achieving #1 positions in external rankings over multiple years, including Institutional Investor. Nadine holds a BA (Hons) Economics from Cambridge University and an MSc in Finance from London School of Economics; she is also a CFA charterholder.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/777.jpg" }, { "name": "Pranav Gundlapalle", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "India Financials", "bio": "Pranav Gundlapalle is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering India Financials. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2018, Pranav was an Investment Manager for three years at Peepul Capital, a private equity fund in India, where he focused on investments in the financial services sector. Before Peepul Capital, Pranav worked at McKinsey & Co, where he served financial services clients in Asia on a wide range of topics including consumer lending, SME banking, physical network optimization, and risk management. Earlier in his career, Pranav was part of the credit derivatives team at Lehman Brothers/Nomura in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Pranav holds a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and a post-graduate diploma in Management and Finance from the Indian School of Business, and is a CFA charterholder.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/839.jpg" }, { "name": "Rebecca Liang", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "China Pharma and Biotech", "bio": "Rebecca Liang is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering China Pharma and Biotech. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2020, Rebecca was Associate Director of Strategy and Special Projects at South China Morning Post SCMP. Before SCMP, Rebecca spent four years at BASF, most recently as Regional Marketing Manager, where she worked with pharmaceutical companies on strategy projects. Earlier in her career, she worked for McKinsey servicing clients in pharmaceuticals and life sciences on corporate strategy. Rebecca holds a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University and BSc in Chemistry from Georgia Tech.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1078.jpg" }, { "name": "Sabrina Blanc", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "European Business Services, Global Hotels & Leisure", "bio": "Sabrina Blanc is a Senior Analyst covering European Hotels, Leisure and Catering at Bernstein. Sabrina joined SG in 2006, initially following the European banking sector. Prior to joining SG, Sabrina spent six years as coordinator of the European Banks sector for the European Securities Network at CM-CIC Securities. She started her sell-side career covering banks at ING Ferri in 1994, then joined UAP Gestion Financière as a buy-side analyst, before returning to ING Ferri as a sell-side banks analyst in 1997. Sabrina holds an MA in Economics from the University of Aix - Marseille III and an MBA from ESC Marseille; she is also member of the SFAF.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1795.jpg" }, { "name": "Sara Russo", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "EU Semiconductors", "bio": "Sara Russo is the Senior Analyst covering European Semiconductors at Bernstein. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2022, Sara spent five years at Arm in Cambridge, England, most recently as the Senior Director of Strategic Programmes working on Arm Flexible Access. Earlier in her time at Arm, she was Director of IT Partnering and Planning, leading a team of 40 people and developing Arms’s IT portfolio management network. Before Arm, Sara was Head of Commercial Planning for the Enterprise IT business at BT, Head of Strategy and Transformation for BT Enterprises, and worked on a joint venture with Dolby Voice. Earlier in her career, she held roles at Omgeo, Burntsand, and Technology Services Group. Sara holds a BA in Mathematics magna cum laude from St Mary’s College, where she was the top mathematics graduate, an MLA in Extension Studies-Educational Technology from Harvard University, and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1183.jpg" }, { "name": "Susannah Ludwig", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "European Consumer Medical Technologies", "bio": "Susannah Ludwig is a Research Analyst at Bernstein covering the EU Consumer Medical Technologies sector. Susannah joined Bernstein in 2019, first as a Senior Research Associate on the European Medical Devices & Services team, where she drove the team’s thematic work on in vitro diagnostics; she launched her own coverage in 2023. Earlier in her career, Susannah spent eight years at Goldman Sachs advising corporates and private equity funds on FX and interest rate derivative hedging. Susannah holds a BA in Economics with distinction from Amherst College and an MBA with distinction from INSEAD.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/986.jpg" }, { "name": "Valerie Jacob", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "Property/Real Estate", "bio": "Valerie Jacob is a Senior Analyst covering Property/Real Estate at Bernstein. Valerie joined SG in 2023 with over 17 years of experience in Real Estate equities, including 13 years at Exane BNP Paribas as a Managing Director, leading the top-ranked European equity Real Estate team. She also worked as head of IR & corporate development for a listed REIT investing in shopping centres, and as a Fund Manager for the Global Listed Real Estate team at abrdn. Valerie holds a degree in Finance from HEC Paris.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1783.jpg" }, { "name": "Victoria Nice", "title": "Senior Analyst", "sector": "European Beverages, European Household & Personal Care", "bio": "Victoria Nice is a Research Analyst covering European Beverages and Household & Personal Products at Bernstein. Victoria joined SG in 2014, first as an Associate on the Pan-European Equity Sales team, where she oversaw the management of the Alpha Capture business and covered numerous key long-only and hedge fund accounts. In 2018, she joined the European Consumer Staples team. Victoria holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Southampton, and is a CFA charterholder.", "photoPath": "/CmsObjectBR/SiteContent/Images/Analyst/1813.jpg" } ]