Simon is Head of our European Investment Banking division and leads its TMT sector in Europe. He joined us to help build out our investment banking coverage across the Financials and TMT sectors. During his time at Canaccord Genuity, Simon has helped win over 30 new retained client relationships in these sectors and worked across a range of both M&A and ECM deals. His key sub sector focus includes software/SaaS; financial technologies and wealth management. Before joining Canaccord Genuity, Simon worked at PwC, HSBC and Bridgewell. Simon has an ACA and a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Birmingham.

James is Head of European Technology M&A. He has extensive cross-border M&A (sell-side and buy-side) experience across private and public companies in this sector. His key sub-sectors of focus include software/SaaS, IT services, BPO, managed services, telecom services, and data/analytics. James joined the firm in 2015 from DC Advisory; before that he worked at PwC, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. During his career, James has executed a large number of cross-border deals in Europe, US and Asia, and has deep relationships with international corporates, private equity and venture capitalists. James attended both Georgetown University and the University of Edinburgh.

Cameron has over 10 years’ M&A, ECM and corporate broking experience across private and public companies in the Technology sector. Before joining Canaccord Genuity, Cameron worked at Altium Capital and Bridgewell. His key sub-sectors of focus include communication technologies, FinTech, IT services and software/SaaS. Cameron graduated with an MA in Classics from Cambridge University.

Simon is Head of European Research. He joined us when we acquired Collins Stewart, where he’d been working since 2009, leading coverage of their UK mid and small cap media and online gaming sectors. Simon was previously head of the top-ranked mid/small cap research team at RBS Equities, where he spent 11 years covering the media sector. Before that, he was a journalist at the Financial Times from 1991 to 1998. He spent three years writing the Lex column and became Capital Markets Editor, having previously worked as a UK companies reporter and Hong Kong correspondent. Simon is a graduate of Warwick University, with a BA (Hons) in English Literature.

Daud has over 15 years’ experience as an analyst, and has covered technology since 1999. He was head of European Software at Merrill Lynch, and was head of European mid cap technology research at JPMorgan. At Berenberg, Daud established a global software and services research franchise where he was ranked top ten in Extel top for pan-European software in 2014 and 2015. Daud was also a founding partner and finance director of Clear Capital, a boutique independent research firm for UK stocks. Daud qualified as an accountant at PwC and holds an MA in Computer Science/Management Studies from Cambridge University.

Paul joined us at the start of 2016. He qualified as a chartered accountant with PWC and joined Schroders as a fund manager in 1985. At NatWest Securities during the 1990s he worked on a number of flotations and was voted number one in the UK Technology sector in the 1998 Extel survey. Whilst an analyst at Société Générale he was voted second in software & IT services in the 2005 pan-European Extel survey, and in 2013 he came first out of 677 UK analysts for stock picking in a Factset survey and was first in Europe for accuracy of earnings estimates according to Starmine.

David joined Canaccord Genuity in 2014 as an Associate covering Retail and Media. He previously worked at Lynton-Edwards Stockbrokers in Zimbabwe where he spent 3 years as a Research Analyst. David is a CFA Charterholder as well as holding a degree in Economics and Philosophy.