Thomas Chanos Thomas Chanos President & CEO Thomas established Badger Consultants LLC in 1994 to provide independent short research for hedge funds. He has since expanded to include independent long research as well. Prior to founding Badger Consultants, Thomas was Vice President of A.G Edwards & Sons, Inc.

Julian Hull Julian Hull CEO & Analyst Julian, Founder, was previously at Redburn, Forensic Alpha, and Europe’s premier short focused hedge fund ShadowFall. Dragoneye’s early foundation was built at Redburn, where expertise in fundamental research, company analysis and industry insights were developed. Forensic Alpha spurred Dragoneye’s focus on forensic accounting, examining financial statements, identifying discrepancies and potential accounting irregularities. Expertise in short-selling and investigative research methodologies was gained at ShadowFall.

Tom Beevers Tom Beevers Founder & CEO Thomas co-founded Forensic Alpha in 2014 and was previously a fund manager at Newton Investment Management in London, where he managed in excess of $1.5bn AUM.

Makay Redd Makay Redd Prior to joining Oxford Data Plan, Makay worked as Head of Sales at Triton. He brings extensive experience as a Sales Executive from his time at M Science and also worked in Institutional Equity Sales at Susquehanna International Group.

John Zolidis John Zolidis Founder & President John has followed retail and restaurants as a senior analyst since 1999, mostly on the sell-side. He also managed money in a buy-side role at a long-short equity fund over 2013-2014. He was named in the Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street list.

Scott Mushkin Scott Mushkin Founder & Managing Partner Prior to founding R5 Capital, Scott was Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst covering retail, e-tail and consumer products at Wolfe Research. Scott brings more than 25 years of buy-side and sell-side experience to the firm and has consistently ranked among the top analysts in his coverage sectors. He earned his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Marcos Buscaglia Marcos Buscaglia Founder Marcos holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Fulbright scholar. He has a graduate degree in economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and a degree in economics (summa cum laude) from the Catholic University of Argentina.

Igal Magendzo Igal Magendzo Chief Economist Igal holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA. He has over 20 years of working experience in macroeconomics. He worked for 12 years at the research department of the Central Bank of Chile, reaching the position of Head of Macroeconomic Analysis. He was a macroeconomic advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Chief Economist for the Andean region and Mexico at Itaú Asset Management, and advisor to international institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank.

Andrea Damico Andrea Damico Founder and CEO Andrea, Founder & Chief Economist, holds a master’s degree in Economics from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (EESP-FGV) and has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry, specialising in buy-side macroeconomic analysis for Brazil and international markets. She developed her career at Itaú Bank, HSBC Bank, and primarily at Bradesco Bank, one of the largest banks in Latin America. In 2020, Andrea founded Buysidebrazil to provide expert macroeconomic insights

Julian Hull Julian Hull CEO & Analyst Julian, Founder, was previously at Redburn, Forensic Alpha, and Europe’s premier short focused hedge fund ShadowFall. Dragoneye’s early foundation was built at Redburn, where expertise in fundamental research, company analysis and industry insights were developed. Forensic Alpha spurred Dragoneye’s focus on forensic accounting, examining financial statements, identifying discrepancies and potential accounting irregularities. Expertise in short-selling and investigative research methodologies was gained at ShadowFall.

Eric Fernandez Eric Fernandez Founder Before founding TRA, Eric Fernandez was Senior Strategist at an Institutional Investor (II) ranked independent research firm. Previously, he was employed at Salomon Smith Barney, Oppenheimer and Kleinwort Benson in the Mergers and Acquisitions groups. Prior to his M&A work, he was a credit analyst involved in leveraged lending and distressed debt restructurings with US and European financial institutions.

Ed Steele Ed Steele Founder Ed is a Founder. Ed has more than two decades experience as a top-rated equity analyst, including more than a dozen years of publishing accounting and annual report analysis inside major investment banks (most recently Citi).

Pierre-Olivier Essig Pierre-Olivier Essig Founder & Head of Research Pierre-Olivier is the Founder and Head of Research at AIR. Born in Barcelona, Spain, he later moved to Switzerland to study Business in La Chaux-de-Fonds. With over 30 years of Investment experience through years with UBS, BBL, CIBC and Paribas, and AIR, he has been providing independent fundamental research in European Equities to renowned institutions around the globe for the last 25 years.

Jay Van Sciver Jay Van Sciver Industrials/Materials analyst Jay is the Industrials & Materials Sector Head, Partner, and Executive Committee Member at Hedgeye Risk Management. The Industrials & Materials research team offers unique insights into cyclical, secular, structural, and value creation dynamics within what are often misunderstood, niche industries. He was awarded the inaugural Call of The Year (COTY) award in 2020 for FDX/Air Cargo. Before joining Hedgeye, Jay began his coverage of cyclical industries on the buyside at Brown Brothers Harriman, where he generated robust alpha and was promoted to head Industrials coverage. He later joined LaBranche LLC, where he was a Managing Director and became head of an upstairs proprietary trading desk. Prior to leaving LaBranche LLC, Jay led the firm’s market-making algorithmic trading program, requiring significant risk management and quantitative strategy oversight. Jay then joined a Long/Short Fund seeded by LaBranche, Bishop & Carroll Capital Partners, where he was a partner overseeing investment in cyclical industries. Jay earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Yale University, where he was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institution Fellowship for his research. While working at Brown Brothers, Jay pursued coursework in business, accounting, and data analytics at New York University. Jay is a CFA Charterholder, was an All-American swimmer and collegiate water polo player, and enjoys reading, fitness activities, and time with his family. He is widely recognized as ‘not great’ at tennis, a game he nonetheless enjoys.

Martin Pradier Martin Pradier Investment Analyst, Materials Martin is responsible for covering the Materials sector. He has almost 20 years of equity research experience in both the buy-side and sell-side. Martin joined Veritas in 2022 after working at Westwood Investment Advisors for 8 years, as Vice President, covering the Materials and Industrials sector. Prior to Westwood Martin spent 2 years as a Materials analyst at AGF and 7 years as a sell-side analyst for Deutsche Bank and Credit Lyonnais.