Board & management

Experience

Steven Fine is the Chief Executive Officer of Peel Hunt. He joined the business in 2006 and led the management and staff buy-out from KBC Bank in 2010. Prior to that he was a founder member of D. E. Shaw Securities International, which later became the core of KBC Financial Products. At KBC he managed the Japanese and Asian equity, convertible and derivatives operations in Tokyo. Steven is Deputy Chair of the FCA Markets Practitioner Panel whose key remit is to represent the interests of financial markets participants and to provide input to the FCA. He is also a non-executive director for the Quoted Companies Alliance, a membership organisation that champions the interests of medium- and small-sized quoted companies. He has been a judge for the Non-Executive Director Awards for over 15 years. Steven has an accountancy degree and also holds a certificate in corporate governance from INSEAD. Steven’s commitment to our partnership ethos, demonstrated by his collaborative management style and his transparent approach to communication, has contributed to Peel Hunt building successful long-term relationships with our clients and our people.

Committees

ESG (Member)

Experience

Sunil has been Chief Financial & Operating Officer of Peel Hunt since January 2010. Prior to this he was Global Head of Operational Risk at KBC Financial Products (KBCFP). He had a number of senior roles at KBCFP prior to this, including Credit Structurer for the Credit Products team and Head of Special Projects. Earlier in his career, Sunil has been an internal audit manager at Credit Suisse and an external auditor at Arthur Andersen. Sunil is also the Co-Chair of the UK Equity Markets Association, an association of investment banks with a unique focus on promoting vibrant and healthy equity markets for SMEs. Sunil is a chartered accountant with a degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Keble College, University of Oxford.

Committees

ESG (Member)

Experience

David joined Peel Hunt in 2005 and was appointed Chief Risk Officer in June 2021. He has held management positions in Execution and Trading, Project Management and Regulatory Change and has a degree in Economics & Finance from the University of Strathclyde and a Masters in Economics from the University of Edinburgh.

Experience

Piya joined Peel Hunt as Chief Technology Officer in October 2023. She was previously Managing Director, Head of Technology and Process Group, Global Markets at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank where she led a team that delivered technology transformation programmes covering Rates, Secured Funding, Credit and FX. Piya has worked in the city since 1999 when she started her career at UBS in Zurich. She went on to work for UBS Investment Bank in London in the eFX Programme team after which she headed up the eProduct team for FX and Commodities at Standard Chartered Bank. She holds a BSC honours degree in Zoology from Delhi University.

Experience

Michael joined Peel Hunt as General Counsel in January 2022 and became Chief Corporate Officer & General Counsel in January 2024. Prior to joining Peel Hunt, Michael spent 10 years at Numis where he was general counsel & chief risk officer and before that was a corporate lawyer at Linklaters and Latham & Watkins. Michael read Law & Business at Birmingham University.

Experience

Rachelle joined in 2014 to lead on Peel Hunt’s Marketing and Communications. She has over 17 years’ experience in marketing and events roles working both in house and agency. Rachelle leads on the Non-Executive Director Awards programme. She is a member of the management committee and is the Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion forum.