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Twenty-one years of building analyst teams that banks trust.

The people who run the firm, the people who train the analysts, and the analysts who do the work.

Founder & CEO

Darren Sharma

Founded Frontline Analysts in 2005 after 11 years as a ranked credit analyst. His career spans roles at BNP Paribas, Société Générale, and WestLB, with a background in bond market regulation at the Bank of England. Darren holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from Oxford University and a Masters in Economics.

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Equity

Dan Davies

Responsible for training at Frontline. With over 15 years of experience as an award-winning equity analyst at Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas, Dan's expertise ensures the highest standards in training. Dan is the author of one of the Financial Times business books of the year for 2024, The Unaccountability Machine. He holds a first-class degree from Oxford and an MSc in Finance from London Business School.

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Credit Risk Management

Dermot Gleeson

Leads credit risk management at Frontline, drawing on his experience with European and Asian financial institutions. His roles at Mellon, CLSA, and the Bank of England shaped his career. Dermot holds a distinction in economics from LSE and is a CFA charterholder.

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Client Engagement

Daljeet Bassi

Leads client engagement and operational delivery across all Frontline accounts. Ensures the day-to-day integration between onshore teams and India-based analysts works as it should — smoothly, directly, without middle-manager bottlenecks. Daljeet holds a degree in Business and Marketing from City University.

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The numbers behind the people.

6.6yr
Average analyst tenure
Industry average: 2.2 years
100%
Top 50 MBA schools
Out of ~1,300 in India
3mo
Full-time training
Industry standard: 1 week
Direct
No middle managers
Your team talks to our analysts

Understanding the selectivity.

India produces over 1.5 million MBA graduates a year from approximately 1,300 business schools. The IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management) and IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) are the elite tier — acceptance rates at the "IIM" MBA schools are below 1%, comparable to Harvard Business School or Stanford GSB.

Every Frontline analyst comes from the Top 50 of those 1,300 schools. In UK terms, this is equivalent to recruiting exclusively from Russell Group institutions. In US terms, Ivy League and top-20 MBA programmes.

Entry selectivity — international comparison

Top Indian "IIM" MBA schools <1% acceptance
Harvard Business School ~11% acceptance
London Business School ~20% acceptance
Oxford Saïd ~15% acceptance
Average Indian MBA school ~60% acceptance

The offshore industry's average analyst tenure is 2.2 years. Ours is 6.6.

High turnover is the single biggest reason offshore research quality degrades. Every time an analyst leaves, institutional knowledge walks out with them. The onshore team re-trains, re-explains, re-supervises. Frontline's retention is triple the industry norm — because we recruit differently, train intensively, and treat analysts as professionals, not contractors.

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