Meet the equities team

Kathryn Spain

Head of North American Distribution

Kathryn joined Investec in September 2021 from Credit Suisse where she was Head of European Equity Sales for over 20 years leading sales, corporate access and the distribution of European cash and non-cash products into North America. Over the last three years, Kathryn has ranked in the top four for equity sales in TIM Group’s bulge bracket category, receiving the #1 ranking in 2019. Kathryn previously worked as a portfolio manager of US equities at Investec Asset Management in London, now Ninety One, managing US small cap funds.

Jason Dubeshter, CFA

Equity Sales

Jason joined Investec’s equity sales team in August 2015. Previously, Jason worked for seven-plus years as a Senior Analyst at a European-focused long/short hedge fund where he was a generalist. He also has two years’ of business valuation experience at Ernst & Young in their litigation consulting group. Jason received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and has a BS in Finance from Bentley University. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

James Ewing, CFA

Equity Sales

James joined in April 2021. Before Investec he spent eight years at Kepler Cheuvreux doing Pan European Sales. Before that he was two year each at MF Global and ABN AMRO. Prior to that he was nine years at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, the first half of which was Japan Sales.

Balaji “Bala” Jayaraman, CFA

Equity Sales - Emerging Markets

Balaji “Bala” Jayaraman has been covering emerging markets and especially Indian markets for more than a decade. He joined Investec Securities to set up an US footprint for our Indian research product. Prior to Investec, Bala worked at Jefferies LLC as Pan Asia Generalist and India Specialist Sales for ~5years. Prior to Jefferies, Bala worked at Morgan Stanley across New York and Mumbai offices in various capacities – research analyst, cross-asset sales and equity sales for 8yrs.

He is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and a MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He is also a CFA Charter holder from CFA Institute, USA.

Hande Cuhruk, CPA

Equity Sales - Emerging Markets

Hande has 19 years of experience in the securities industry and joined Investec in 2014 as an EM equity research salesperson primarily focusing on South Africa and SSA markets. She entered the industry as an equity research analyst covering TMT, consumer, steel sectors & conglomerates and then transitioned to EM EMEA equity research sales in 2005. Hande has worked at DB’s US CEEMA and UBS’ US EM EMEA sales desks for 9 years before joining Investec. During her tenure as an equity research sales person, she covered both US-based long-only institutional equity investors and hedge funds. Hande holds an MBA degree from Cornell University and a CPA title.

Susan Riordan

Corporate Access Manager

Susan joined Investec in May 2014 as European Corporate Access Manager. Susan has over 20 years’ experience in both equity sales and sales trading.  She joined Investec from Northland Securities where she headed up their US small/mid cap equity sales effort in Boston. Prior to that Susan spent 18 years at Canaccord Genuity (FDBA Collins Stewart/Unterberg) where she was a Managing Director on both EU and US equity sales teams covering primarily Boston based accounts.

Sarah Daniels

Equity Sales & Corporate Access Associate

Sarah joined the Equity Sales & Corporate Access team in September 2021 after working for a short time in Investec’s Compliance office in 2015. Sarah brings over 10 years of experience in operations and project management from her time working at Disney and consulting with non-profits.

Kent Penney

Equity Sales Trader

Kent has been at Investec for 7 years working as a Sales Trader.  Prior to Investec, he worked at Vontobel, Sal Oppenheim, Commerzbank, and Arhold Bleichroder.  He has two children and enjoys playing golf and the beach.

John Packes

Equity Sales Trader

John joined the NY Sales Trading desk at Investec in August of 2021.  Previous to that, he was at HSBC for 5 years, and Cheuvreux for 17 years, where he ran the NY Sales Trading desk.  When not in the office, there is a good chance you will find him on the boat!

Ryan Norton

Equity Sales Trader

Ryan joined Investec in January 2020. Previously, he worked as research analyst at CB1 Capital. He enjoys hanging with friends, watching sport (despite being a suffering NY sports fan) and playing golf.

Luke Hedley

Equity Sales Trader

Luke joined Investec in August 2021 after 10 years covering US, UK and European clients at Numis from both New York and London offices. Most likely to be seen on the golf course when not at work.
 
Luke Hedley, Investec Bank plc, is a North American specialist sales trader providing additional coverage.