Steven Holden
Steven HoldenFounder & CEO
Steven brings over 18 years of experience across global equity and emerging markets. His background includes senior roles at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup in London and Hong Kong, specialising in derivatives, global markets, and emerging markets.
Frank Mitsch
Frank MitschPresident
Frank serves as President, having cofounded Fermium Research in 2018, after leading the chemicals sell-side effort for 7 years at Wells Fargo Securities. Prior to WFS, Frank was a senior sell-side analyst for 15 years, beginning his Wall Street career with Merrill Lynch. He has been named multiple times to Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team, and has received numerous other awards in stockpicking and earnings estimates accuracy from the Financial Times/StarMine and Wall Street Journal. Prior to the sell-side, he worked for 10+ years in chemicals with consultancy Kline & Company, and Betz Laboratories, including two years in Europe. Frank received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology. He holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from MSU.
Jim Rocchio
Jim RocchioCo-Founder & Head of Distribution
Jim, Head of Distribution, has also served as Managing Director at Baird and at Knight Capital, where he co-founded Kailash Concepts. He brings 26 years of experience in the investment industry, having started his career at Hambrecht & Quist and held senior equity sales roles at JP Morgan and Bear Stearns.
Jim has a proven track record of building and nurturing deep client relationships, as well as creating, developing, and distributing unique and differentiated sell-side content.
Scott Mushkin
Scott MushkinFounder & 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.
François Boutin-Dufresne
François Boutin-DufresneManaging Partner
François is an international economist and investment strategist with 25 years of experience in policymaking, capital markets, sustainable finance, and development finance.
Félix-A. Boudreault
Félix-A. BoudreaultCo-Founder
Felix is an engineer-MBA with 20 years of experience in energy, environmental policy, and sustainable finance.
Lenka Martinek
Lenka MartinekManaging Partner
Lenka is an investment strategist with 20 years of experience in research and capital markets. She was a strategist and managing editor at BCA Research, the leading provider of independent global macro investment research.