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  • Head of Consumer Staples research at Rothschild & Co, Redburn
  • Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Distillers since 2013
  • Degree in History, Cambridge University
  • Based in London, married with two children

Chris Pitcher

Date Role
2018 - Present

CONSUMER STAPLES RESEARCH, REDBURN, London

Chris is the co-head of a team of analysts covering the global consumer staples industry. He has been researching the distilled spirits industry for over 20 years and expanded his coverage in 2018 to include household and personal care companies such as L’Oréal, Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser.

2007 - 2018

BEVERAGES RESEARCH, REDBURN, London

Lead analyst on the distilled spirits industry with coverage of Brown-Forman, Campari, Diageo, Pernod Ricard and Rémy Cointreau, with co-coverage of the brewers and soft-drinks companies.

1997 - 2007

UBS GROUP, London

Joined as a small-cap equity salesman but moved to European equity research, first to cover small-cap UK software companies and then the European beverages industry.

1994 - 1997

JP MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, London