Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> October 11, 1999

European Brands & Packaged Foods : Sylvain Massot – Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

SYLVAIN MASSOT, rated one of the leading analysts of the European food and beverages industry, joined Morgan Stanley in 1990. He has been ranked first by Institutional Investor in 1997 for food and beverages. He was also voted leading European food analyst in Greenwich Europe and Euromoney in 1997. From 1987 to 1990 he covered the sector for UBS Philips and Drew. A French National, he holds an MBA from the Ecoles des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris and a BA in history from the Sorbonne. Profile
TWST: Can you tell me a little bit about how you would define the

sector, which companies you look at and how you view it from a macro

economic point of view?

Mr. Massot: First of all, I look