Charles Hoare

Charles Hoare is a Managing Director and Co-Head of European Healthcare Investment Banking at Stifel. Charles focuses on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising across the entire healthcare space, with a particular expertise in life sciences, specialty pharmaceuticals and animal health.

Charles holds nearly 20 years of experience in healthcare investment banking. Prior to joining Stifel, he was a Managing Director and Head of Global Healthcare at Commerzbank. Before this, he spent most of his career at Merril Lynch, where he was responsible for the Northern European healthcare business and animal health franchise.

Charles currently serves as Chairman of the Bulldog Trust charity, having previously served as Chairman of Chariot Innovations Limited (the commercialization arm of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). He is also a Non-executive Director of Placehill Limited and Laguna Ventures Limited.

Charles earned an M.A. (Oxon) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.