Ben is Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Executive Management Team.
Ben joined Liberum in 2019 with over 20 years’ experience working in financial services technology, specialising in IT strategy, infrastructure, business continuity and cyber security.
He previously spent nearly 9 years at TT International and 5 years at BlueCrest Capital Management heading up their IT function. He also worked at Accenture and started his career at ADP Wilco (now Broadridge).
Ben graduated from The University of Warwick in 1997 with a BSc (Hons) in Engineering.
Senior Management Team
Bidhi Bhoma
Chief Executive Officer
Bidhi joined Liberum in December 2017 as a Managing Director in the Investment Banking team.
David Parsons
Executive Chairman and Head of Equities
David joined Liberum in 2008 as Head of Equity Sales and was appointed Executive Chairman in December 2020.
Shane Le Prevost
Founder & Executive Director
Shane Le Prevost is Liberum’s founder and is an Executive Director of the Company, he was Chairman and Chief Executive until December 2020.
Christopher Howlett
Chief Operating Officer
Christopher is Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Management Team.
Richard Crawley
Head of Investment Banking
Richard joined Liberum in 2013. He has over 30 years of experience, gained at Charterhouse, Credit Suisse, Oriel Securities and most recently, at Espirito Santo.
Neil Patel
Investment Banking Managing Director
Neil joined Liberum in 2013. He previously spent 12 years at UBS, acting as broker and advisor to FTSE100 and FTSE 250 companies.
Clayton Bush
Investment Banking Managing Director
Clayton joined Liberum in 2008 from Canaccord, having previously worked for Credit Lyonnais, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and PWC.
Chris Clarke
Investment Banking Managing Director
Chris joined Liberum in 2015 and has over 14 years of corporate finance and equity capital markets experience.
Nicholas How
Investment Banking Managing Director
Nick joined Liberum in June 2021 as a Managing Director in Investment Banking focused on the Business Services, Transport and Industrials sectors.
Julian Collett
Head of ECM
Julian Collett joined the Liberum sales team at the outset in 2007.
Matt Randall
Head of Distribution
Matt Joined Liberum in May 2020 as Head of New Business Development and in March 2021 he was promoted to his current role as Head of Distribution.
Oliver Baxendale
Head of UK Sales
Oliver joined Liberum in April 2016 as a member of the UK Small and Mid-Cap Sales Team. He was then appointed as Head of UK Sales in March 2021.
Edward Blair
Head of Product Strategy, Equities
Ed joined Liberum in 2007. He previously worked for Cazenove in both Emerging Market and Pan European equity sales.
Lynsey Cox
Head of Corporate & Investor Relations
Lynsey joined Liberum in 2015, having spent 4 years at Numis as an Associate Director on the Investor Relations team.
Mark James
Head of New Business Development
Mark rejoined Liberum in 2016 to set up Liberum’s Thematic and Expert Events and in April 2021 he was promoted to Head of New Business Development.
Rebecca Gordon
General Counsel
Rebecca is General Counsel at Liberum and is also a member of the Risk & Regulatory Committee.
Mark Godridge
Chief Executive Officer - USA
Mark joined Liberum in 2007 and has been in New York for over 20 years selling Pan-European equities throughout the US and Canada.
Joe Brent
Head of Research
Joe joined Liberum in 2009. He was previously Managing Director and Head of UK Small and Mid Cap research at Citigroup.
Graham Smith
Head of Execution
Graham joined Liberum in 2016. Prior to Liberum, Graham has worked for Dillion Reed, Salomon Brothers, Citigroup, Unicredit and Trafalgar Capital.
Andy Tovell
Chief Financial Officer
Andy Tovell joined Liberum in October 2015 as Chief Financial Officer.
Alex Cardell
Head of Client Strategy
Alex joined Liberum in November 2019 as Head of Client Strategy.
