Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> June 10, 2002

Food Industry Overview: Eric Katzman – Deutsche Bank Securities Inc

ERIC KATZMAN, a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., joined the firm in September 2000 and is currently a Senior Analyst covering the food sector. He has been recognized as a Wall Street Journal 'Best of the Street' three times, most recently in July 2000 and has been ranked in the top three by the Greenwich survey on several occasions. He has also been recognized as part of Institutional Investor magazine's All-America Research Team (Food 'Team' ranking-runner up) twice in the last three years. Prior to joining the firm, he was with Merrill Lynch, Shearson Lehman Brothers and Israel's Ministry of Trade and Industry. He received his MBA in Finance from New York University and his BA in Economics and Government from Oberlin College. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
TWST: What has been driving investment interest in the food stocks over

the past year?

Mr. Katzman: I think the better way to look at it is by viewing the

industry over the past two years,