Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> April 2, 2001

European Bank Stocks: Susan Leadem – Goldman Sachs International

SUSAN LEADEM is a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International and head of the European bank equity research team. She joined Goldman Sachs as Executive Director in September 1994 after spending eight years at The Robinson-Humphrey Company Inc where she was First Vice-President responsible for equity research on US regional banks and thrift institutions. Mr Leadem was recognised in the 1993 Institutional Investor All-American Research Survey as best bank analyst at a regional investment firm. Since arriving in Europe, she and her team have been highly ranked in investor surveys. Most recently, in 1998, she ranked first in the Institutional Investor All-Europe Research Poll. Similarly, Ms Leadem and her team were ranked first of all European bank teams in the 1998 Reuters Survey and third of all Research teams in Europe and the UK. Ms Leadem holds a BS in Business Administration from Wake Forest University and a MS in Finance from Georgia State University. She achieved the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1992. Ms Leadem, her husband Richard, daughter Madeline and sons Matthew and Elliott reside in London, England. Profile
TWST: Would you start us off with a quick definition of the universe of

banking stocks that you follow?

Ms. Leadem: In the continent and the UK we follow about 45 of the larger

banks; separate