Consumer

Consumer Research

The team covers a broad range of sub-sectors including Agribusiness, Beverages, Food Producers and Household Products. 

Charles Hall joined Peel Hunt as head of research in October 2008 as well as leading the experienced consumer sector. His career includes nine years at Panmure Gordon as head of small & mid cap research and nine years at Cazenove. In the 2021 Institutional Investor (Extel) Survey, for the fifth consecutive year, Charles was the top ranked analyst in the UK Mid & Small cap market overall. Charles read Politics and Economics at Durham University.

Andrew Ford joined the consumer team at Peel Hunt in 2017. He qualified as a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor with KPMG before joining an SME in the sports retail sector as Strategy Director. He has a BSc in Geophysics from Durham University.

Travel & Leisure 

Ivor Jones joined Peel Hunt in 2016. He started covering Leisure companies in 1998 and latterly his focus has been on gambling companies while maintaining research coverage across the sector. Ivor worked at Citigroup as head of the European Leisure team for 10 years. He left Citi in 2006, and subsequently worked for Panmure Gordon, Evolution Securities and most recently Numis Securities for six years. Ivor read law at University College, London.

Douglas Jack joined Peel Hunt in January 2017. He has covered Leisure companies since 1997 with a focus on pub and restaurant companies, while maintaining coverage across other parts of the sector. Douglas read Economics at Newcastle University, and also has an ACMA and IMC.  

Retail

John Stevenson joined Peel Hunt in 2008 having covered the General Retail sector for eight years at Charterhouse and Shore Capital. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG before working in the retail sector at Matalan. He has an Economics degree from Hull University.

Jonathan Pritchard joined Peel Hunt in 2015 with over 20 years’ experience in research as a UK and European Retail Analyst. Prior to this, he was a Retail Analyst at Stifel for 10 years and has also worked at UBS Phillips and Drew and Morgan Stanley. Jonathan has a Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree from Oxford University.