Andy Smith

Andy is one of the world’s leading developed & emerging market analysts with more than 30 years’ experience as a #1 rated analyst, Head of Investment Research and distinguished Hedge Fund manager. As the MD and Head of EM consumer research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Dubai, he lead the BAML EM consumer team to the #2 position in the Institutional Investor Survey. In 2014 Andy was voted as ‘Head of Research for EEMEA’ in the independent Sammons survey of global investors. Has won many accolades in his career as Global Head of Research at Sberbank/ Troika Dialog, MF Global, Millennium Capital (NY & London), Citadel LLP, Citigroup, ABN AMRO Hoare Govett, and Unilever. He is an MBA from Cranfield University, and MA & M Eng. from Cambridge University.