Larissa Van Deventer

Vice President and sell-side equity research analyst at Barclays

Larissa Van Deventer is a Vice President and sell-side equity research analyst at Barclays, specializing in European insurance equities. She covers leading companies including Prudential, Legal & General Group, and Phoenix Group, where her recommendations have contributed to notable consensus calls such as a Buy rating on Prudential with a substantial upside target; she regularly publishes research followed by institutional investors. Van Deventer began her career as an auditor at Goldman Sachs and Deloitte, then worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company before moving into equity research roles at Deutsche Bank and Macquarie, focusing on South African insurers prior to joining Barclays' European insurance team. She holds a BCom (Hons) in Accounting Sciences from the University of Pretoria, an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and is both a Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)) and Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA), with over eleven years of sector experience.