Our Team.
David and Ian, co-founders of Absolute Strategy Research, each bring to the firm over 20 years of experience in investment research and have established strong global client franchises.
David is Head of Research, Ian is Chief Investment Strategist. Together they formulate ASR’s overall view of markets across asset classes and across time horizons.
Verity is the Head of Sales for ASR and has been rated in the top three in Extel’s Macro Specialist Sales category every year since 2003.

David Bowers
Chairman
David Bowers is ASR's Co-Founder and Chairman. Previously, he was chief global investment strategist for Merrill Lynch, where he worked for eleven years -including three years in New York. He ran the Global Fund Managers' Survey - a powerful tool for understanding how investors view the world.


Ian Harnett
Chief Investment Advisor
Ian Harnett is ASR's Co-Founder and Chief Investment Advisor and focuses on Global Economics and Strategy. Ian has over 35 years of experience in economics and equity strategy, previously as Chief European Investment Strategist at UBS - where he was #1 Extel ranked for European Strategy.

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Peter McGahan
Chief Executive Officer
Peter joined ASR as CEO in May 2024 and brings a wealth of experience, most recently as UK Head of Commercial and Transaction Banking at Société Générale. Prior to this Peter was Head of UK Equities and Derivative Sales at SG London after being Deputy Head of the SG New York Markets business. In NYC, he has led its markets sales activities, a role he had also played in both SG Paris and London. Peter’s 30+ year career has also seen him in senior roles at both Citigroup and Schroders Securities.
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Peter Holmes
Chief Operating Officer
Peter is the Chief Operating Officer and has over 30 years’ experience working in financial services in senior operational and technical roles. Most recently he was COO of HSBC’s Global Research division. He was also CTO for Global Equity Advisory at UBS. Peter is now on the Executive Board of Euro IRP.
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