How to Analyse a Bank
Fordington AdvisorsMarc Rubinstein Marc Rubinstein Managing Partner Marc is a former sell-side banks analyst and hedge fund manager with deep expertise in the financial sector. He spent 12 years on the sell-side, where he was consistently highly rated and served as Managing Director, leading the European Banks Research team at Credit Suisse until 2006. Following his tenure at Credit Suisse, Marc joined Lansdowne Partners, where he spent a decade as a Senior Analyst and Portfolio Manager on the award-winning Lansdowne Global Financials Fund. With extensive experience on both sides of the market, Marc understands the bandwidth constraints that fund managers face when conducting thorough due diligence on investment ideas.
ESG & Blue Economy Finance
AdelwiseSophie Biro Sophie Biro CEO Sophie is a strategist specialising in the Blue Economy, with over 25 years of experience in investment banking across London, Hong Kong, and Paris. She is the founder and CEO of Adelwise, and serves on the advisory boards of the UN Global Compact Ocean Investment Protocol, the French Coastal Agency, and various financial institutions. Sophie has held top-ranking roles in equity and quantitative strategy at Credit Suisse, ING Barings, and Société Générale, and later led ESG-focused digital transformation projects at BNP Paribas. She holds an MSc in Computing Science from Imperial College London, a CFA ESG certification, and completed Cambridge’s sustainable finance course. Personally committed to marine conservation, she founded SeaGeneration, an NGO supporting environmental protection in Boracay, Philippines.