Joe Brent joined Liberum in July 2009 as Head of UK Small & Mid Cap research, before becoming Head of Research in 2013.
Prior to Liberum, Joe was a Managing Director and Head of UK Small and Mid Cap research at Citigroup where he worked for four years. He started his career as an accountant at Deloitte and Touche before joining Cazenove, where he worked for ten years before joining Citigroup.
Joe graduated in 1992 from Downing College, Cambridge with a degree in History.
Management Board
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.
Andrew Duquemin
Non-Executive Director
Andrew is a Board Director of Liberum and Liberum Wealth and is also Executive Chairman of Elysium Fund Management.
Christopher Howlett
Chief Operating Officer
Christopher is Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Management Team.
Rebecca Gordon
General Counsel
Rebecca is General Counsel at Liberum and is also a member of the Risk & Regulatory Committee.
Dru Danford
Head of Investment Banking
Dru is Head of the Investment Banking team at Liberum, having joined in November 2022.
Richard Crawley
Chairman, 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.
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.
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.
Clayton Bush
Investment Banking Managing Director
Clayton joined Liberum in 2008 from Canaccord, having previously worked for Credit Lyonnais, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and PWC.
