Asian Investment Conference 2023

Richard Kersley is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in Securities Research, based in London. Within a career of more than 30 years in investment banking and research, he is currently the Head of the bank’s Global Research Product Management group and regionally the Executive Director of EMEA Securities Research. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the bank's in-house “think tank”, the Credit Suisse Research Institute, and leading author of a range of its thought-leading thematic publications, including notably the recent study The CS Gender 3000 in 2021: The changing face of companies.

Prior to his current position, Richard was Co-Head of European Equity Research and Head of the Pan-European investment strategy team. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 1998, Richard was a Director in equity research at BZW, the investment banking division of Barclays, and head of its European investment strategy team. Richard holds a B. Soc. Sc. (Hons.) Class 1 degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham, UK.