Retail

The retail team likes to travel around to get a feel for real consumer activity across the UK’s High Streets and shopping centres. In an increasingly online world, the team matches site visits with online engagement studies to highlight those companies that truly understand their customer.

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.

Ruben Pathmanathan joined the team in March 2022. Ruben graduated from Warwick University with a degree in MORSE (Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics). Before joining Peel Hunt Ruben was employee no1 at a social-commerce start up.