Ian Massey, Head of Corporate Intelligence, EMEA, S-RM

Ian is the head of S-RM’s Corporate Intelligence division in EMEA. He leads a large team providing expert coverage of markets in Europe, Russia and the CIS, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. He has spent most of the last 15 years in risk-related roles and has extensive industry experience across multiple practice areas. His experience includes leading the relationships with S-RM’s key clients in the mining sector, advising them ahead of M&A transactions, conducting due diligence on trading counterparties, and providing analysis of political, regulatory and ESG risks. Ian joined S-RM in 2014. Between 2017 and 2020, he established and grew S-RM’s first Asia office in Hong Kong. He is now based in London. 

Prior to joining S-RM, Ian held investment banking roles at JP Morgan and Jefferies, where he worked in deal teams on M&A and equity capital markets transactions. Additionally, he spent five years as an officer in the British Army. Ian speaks fluent French and conversational Arabic and Pashto. He read History at the University of Cambridge.