Research Team
Our research team provides MCC with additional credibility, drawing on its extensive experience of both the investment markets and direct industry experience in our chosen sectors of Mining, Energy and the Clean-Technology. To these sectors we add property, where we have access to the Matrix Group, a leading institution in the property sector. The Research Team provides MCC’s investment banking teams with invaluable market insight upon which to form their judgements.
| Name | Pieter Vorster |
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| Title | Head of Research |
| pieter.vorster@ matrixgroup.co.uk | |
| Phone | 020 3206 7183 |
Pieter joined Matrix in September 2006 with more than 15 years in Investment Analysis, including 7 years with Credit Suisse, both in London and in Johannesburg. Before that his experience in South Africa included several years at UBS. He was previously rated in the pan-European Tobacco Sector in the Institutional Investor survey as well as in South Africa in the Diversified Industrial, Building & Construction and Transport sectors.
| Name | Brad George |
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| Title | Resource Analyst |
| brad.george@ matrixgroup.co.uk | |
| Phone | 020 3206 7184 |
Brad joined Matrix in February 2007. A geoscientist by training, Brad spent 18 years working in the mining, resources and associated service industries in a range of exploration, development, production, marketing and financial roles, including long periods with major mining houses MIM and WMC. A native of Perth, Brad brings direct operational experience on five continents, most recently in China and central Asia where he focussed most of his time for the last 5 years.
| Name | Steven Fawkes |
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| Title | Energy Analyst |
| steven.fawkes@ matrixgroup.co.uk | |
| Phone | 020 3206 7185 |
Steven Fawkes joined Matrix in March 2007. A Chartered Engineer and PhD with over 20 years experience in energy management and renewable energy Steven has developed energy management programmes for blue chip organisations and advised the UK and Romanian governments on energy efficiency policy. He also co-founded two energy services companies, one of which is now part of the RWE npower group and has published extensively on energy matters.
| Name | Charlie Sharp |
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| Title | Head of Oil & Gas Research |
| charlie.sharp@ matrixgroup.co.uk | |
| Phone | 020 3206 7180 |
Charlie joined Matrix in August 2008. He has a technical background and spent 10 years working as a geophysicist in industry, firstly at Britoil and then at Texas Eastern. During that time he worked on a wide range of exploration, development and production projects primarily in the UK North Sea. Subsequently, he has spent 10 years working as an oil & gas analyst at Canaccord Adams and more recently at Jefferies International, where he instituted oil and gas sector coverage in the UK.
| Name | Vugar Aliyev |
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| Title | Oil and Gas Analyst |
| vugar.aliyev@ matrixgroup.co.uk | |
| Phone | 020 3206 7186 |
Vugar joined Matrix in April 2008. An economist by background, he has spent the last 8 years working for BP Exploration in various commercial and financial roles based in Baku, Azerbaijan and Aberdeen, UK. Vugar was closely involved in sanctioning major oil and gas projects in both Baku and Aberdeen.
| Name | Hugh Hudleston |
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| Title | Trainee Analyst |
| hugh.hudleston@ matrixgroup.co.uk | |
| Phone | 020 3206 7181 |
Hugh joined Matrix in September 2008. He is currently working as a trainee analyst having previously spent time in the media sector.
