Lee Hope
Co-Head of European Leveraged Finance Research
Lee joined Sona in June 2024 as Co-Head of European Leveraged Finance Research and has 28 years of leverage credit market experience. He started his career as a chartered accountant at KPMG before transitioning into a buyside credit analyst role in 1996. Lee spent 18 years on the sell-side, heading High Yield Research teams at Deutsche Bank, UBS, Citi and Credit Suisse, and was also a number 1 ranked analyst by both Institutional Investor and Euromoney. Lee rejoined the buyside, as a credit analyst at Wellington Management before his move to Sona.
Lee has a BA in Accounting & Finance from Liverpool University.
