Noble appoints Jeremy McKeown as Head of Sales
20/11 /2008
Noble, the research-led independent investment bank that specialises in mid and small cap companies in the UK and India, is delighted to announce the appointment of Jeremy McKeown as Head of Sales, to further strengthen the UK Equities team.
Jeremy brings extensive experience of the UK equity market on both the sell-side and buy-side. He spent 13 years at Charterhouse Securities where he developed and managed the Small Caps sales team, which just prior to his departure came first in the Reuters Small Cap Survey. At Merrill Lynch he was Director of Pan-European Small-Mid Cap Sales, before joining Investec Bank in 2002 where he took on various equity market roles over six years - principally as Head of Small Cap sales at Investec Bank.
The appointment of Head of Sales is a further step in what has been a year of strategic transformation at Noble which has included the acquisition of Clear Capital in June, followed by the arrival of the former Merrill Lynch Mid and Small Cap Sales Trading Team, (consistently ranked top three in the market) and the subsequent launch in September of the Indian Mid and Small Cap equities business based in Mumbai covering Indian mid cap companies across five sectors.
Nick Paulson-Ellis, Head of Equities at Noble said, “This is an exciting time at Noble as we continue to make selective hires to strengthen and grow the combined team. Jeremy has a phenomenal track record for discovering investment opportunities in smaller UK quoted companies and he brings with him over 25 years of experience in mid and small cap sales,. At Noble, we will continue to recruit selectively over 2009 to ensure we offer the most highly regarded professional team to help our clients overcome the enormous pressures that small and mid cap companies are experiencing at this time.
Jeremy McKeown added "The combination of Noble and Clear Capital provides a very exciting opportunity to develop a highly differentiated and market leading small mid-cap equities franchise".
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For more information contact:
Ben Thompson, Group Head of Marketing Noble +44 20 7763 2200
Sarah Gestetner, Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 20 7638 9571
About Noble
Noble is a research-led independent investment bank, dedicated to helping small and mid-cap companies grow. It provides a full range of services to fast growth companies, institutions and investment vehicles, with UK offices in London and Edinburgh, and an international subsidiary office in Mumbai.
Through its UK offices, Noble offers high quality fundamental research, broking, investment banking and fund management services to customers in the UK and overseas.
Noble has five operating companies in the UK, all of which are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.