Best Equity Short Ideas Conference Call 11
02 Jul 25 15:00 BST
Badger Consultants
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.
Dragoneye Research
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.
Forensic Alpha
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.
Oxford DataPlan
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.
Quo Vadis Capital
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.
R5 Capital
Scott Mushkin
Scott Mushkin
Founder, CEO & Director of Research
Scott prior to founding R5 Capital, Mr. Mushkin 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.