Justine Mannering

Justine is a Managing Director in the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking group at Stifel, a leading global growth-focused investment bank based in New York.  Justine is responsible for the teams coverage of the Apparel, Accessories and Luxury sector as well as covering many Digitally Native brands and Ecommerce/Internet Retail platforms.  Justine has transaction experience across other consumer industry segments including juvenile products, beauty & personal care products, leisure, food, retail, agriculture and home products.

She joined Stifel from Alantra, an investment bank where she was a Managing Director covering US Consumer and Co-head of Personal Care globally. Prior to Alantra, she was Global Head of Consumer & Luxury at BDA Partners, a global investment bank focused on cross-border transactions with Asia, and a Director at DC Advisory Group in London.

She is a founding Board Member & Investor in Exponent LLC, a New York based networking organization established in 2017 focused on promoting woman in finance in the middle market. 

She was selected as one of the “Most Influential Woman in Middle Market M&A 2019” by Sourcemedia,  received a “40 under 40” award from M&A Advisor 2013,  “Top 50: America M&A Dealmaker” by Global M&A Network in 2013; and included as Acquisition Finance’s “2014 Dealmakers of the Year’.

Justine graduated with a B.Com and Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from Rhodes University, South Africa,  and started her career in public accounting at KPMG in Cape Town and London. Justine currently lives in Scarsdale, NY, with her husband and two boys.