Nick Bourne graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1996 with a degree in Politics and Philosophy. Before joining Lombard Street Research he took his first job at BankStat, a division of Institutional Investor. He joined Lombard Street Research in 1998 as a member of the newly formed marketing team, increasing client base and turnover by over a third within 4 years. Nick worked for a brief spell at our New York office in 1999 and moved back to the UK in 2000 where he took up his role as Marketing Manager. He was invited to join the board of directors in February 2005. Nick is a music enthusiast and an avid supporter of Ipswich Town football club.

Phil Lightfoot joined Lombard Street Research Ltd in 2001. He initially worked in our London office developing new business in the UK and Europe. He then moved out to New York in 2003 and was responsible for setting up and running our US subsidiary office. Since then he has built a successful sales and marketing team that’s been responsible for expanding our client base in the Americas. Prior to Lombard Street Research he worked in sales for Haymarket Exhibitions and IIR conferences in London. Phil graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA in Economics in 1997.

Edward Stockreisser has been developing our business throughout Asia since he joined Lombard Street Research in early 2005. He moved to Hong Kong in April 2008 to set up our new headquarters in Hong Kong. After 2 years working in our London office, he joined our operation in New York as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, and gained valuable experience of our North American clients and marketplace. Prior to joining Lombard Street Research Edward spent 6 years in financial services with Euromoney plc and BMI in London. He was born in Switzerland, is a native French speaker and has a degree in International Relations from Nottingham University. He is a keen skier and enjoys playing squash.

Seamus joined Lombard Street Research in January 2010. He is responsible for the EMEA sales team and business development across the region. Prior to this Seamus spent 2 years as Head of Sales at Breakingviews and 10 years as New Business Sales manager with Dow Jones. Seamus graduated from the University of Warwick with a BA (Hons) in German and International Studies. Seamus is a proud father of two and spends his spare time trying to keep his children entertained!

Catherine started working for Lombard Street Research's New York office in January 2003, responsible for developing new business and managing existing clients in North and South America. In July 2007, she moved back to London and is now responsible for clients in the UK, Switzerland and Ireland. She is also a Director of Lombard Street Associates working with a network of specialist consultants dealing with project based requests from around the world. Catherine graduated with a BA (Hons) in French Studies from Portsmouth University, England. In her spare time she enjoys travelling and has visited some unusal places including Antarctica, Mongolia, Russia, Australia and India.

Mack joined Lombard Street Research in March 2008. He started his business career in London after 17 years in education in Japan. He worked at Nikko Securities as a European equity broker and later joined GNI as a senior marketing manager. He was involved with financial derivatives markets, primarily servicing Japanese institutions. He left GNI in 2002 to start his own consultancy company to advise wealthy individuals on asset preservation. He has his own column in an investment periodical 'Futures Japan' and often provides market comment to the Japanese media.

Miguel joined Lombard Street Research in 2007 after working in financial publishing sales at Euromoney Institutional Investor and Informa Plc, on the Global Investor and Insurance Day titles. Initially working on new business development Miguel now focuses on client relations across our European client base. Miguel holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Wales, and a BA in International Relations from Nottingham Trent University. He is a music enthusiast and also enjoys martial arts in his spare time.

Anjali Menon has been working in financial markets on both sides of the Atlantic since 1994. She spent four years in Canada with Merrill Lynch Canada Inc (investment advisor) and Bank of Montreal (asset management) and moved back to London in 1998, after which she worked for the inter-dealer brokers PVM Oil Futures and for Tradition (UK) in credit derivatives. She also worked as an Associate Publisher with Euromoney Institutional Investor for both their capital markets weekly, EuroWeek and later for Euromoney Magazine before joining Lombard Street Research in 2007. She has a BA in Politics, Economics and Law from the University of Buckingham and enjoys theatre, cinema and politics. Anjali is responsible for building sales-trading relationships on the Global Investment Opportunities strategy team.

Pina joined Lombard Street Research in January 2010 to develop new business in UK, Italy and France. She spent just over 3 years at Dow Jones Newswires, firstly as a sales support executive, soon moving into new business sales. She then worked for Breakingviews.com in a new business/account management role. Pina graduated from Cambridge University in 2003 with a BA in Modern Languages.

Matthew Williamson has been working in the financial markets since 2005 and has over 14 years experience in commercial sales. His expertise is in international commercial business focusing on Europe & Middle East region and with high focus on Scandinavian/Nordic and Russian territory. Matthew holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Adelaide and has an Associate Diploma in Sales & Marketing. He also has an accreditation in crisis counselling.

Mike joined Lombard Street in 2006, having previously worked in sales for Cantor Fitzgerald’s fixed income department. Since coming to Lombard, he has worked in both our New York and London offices, helping to broaden our presence in areas likes Scandinavia, Switzerland, and Texas. Currently, Mike works from New York.

Jim Ayers graduated in 2003 from the University of Florida with a degree in finance. He spent three years in Wall Street at Chicago Investment Group, a boutique investment bank where he worked in Private Client Services. In January 2008 he joined Lombard Street Research in New York as Business Development Manager and now concentrates on the northeast, California and southeast regions. In his spare time he enjoys surfing, snowboarding and participating in NYC sport leagues.