Our Team

Mia Drennan
Co-Chair and Group President, Founder
Mia Drennan is the founder of GLAS and our Co-Chair and President.
- mia.drennan@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3764 9318

Brian Carne
Co-Chair and General Counsel, Founder
Brian has practised finance law for over 20 years and has worked on a wide range of financing transactions advising lenders and borrowers.
- brian.carne@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3764 9320

Steven Hodgetts
Director, EMEA
Steven has over 30 years’ experience in corporate trust services and is responsible for building out the global business.
- steve.hodgetts@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3764 9316

Stuart Draper
Chief Operating Officer
Stuart held senior roles at BNP Paribas, including client development and managing the structured products and loan solutions group.
- stuart.draper@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3764 9317

Farry Firoozieh
Chief Technology Officer
Farry has more than three decades of experience in digital strategy and IT infrastructure spanning multiple sectors.
- farry.firoozieh@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 8159 4938

Joanne Brooks
Head of EMEA
Joanne has over 23 years’ experience in both the Loan and Debt Capital Markets and is responsible for the European, Middle Eastern and African side of the business.
- joanne.brooks@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3949 7875

Deion Fox
Head of Business Development, EMEA
Deion joined GLAS from Lloyds Banking Group where he was a Relationship Manager in a European market leading team looking after a diverse portfolio of sophisticated Private Asset Managers.
- deion.fox@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3949 7874

Alan Joyce
Client Relationship Manager, London
Alan joined GLAS from Lloyds Banking Group where he was an Associate Director within the Global Corporates TE Team focusing primarily on the Entrepreneurs/Family Office sector.
- alan.joyce@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3764 9323

Sharmila Sikdar
Client Relationship Manager, London
Sharmila has held client relationship positions at Australian owned investment boutique J O Hambro Capital Management Ltd and Rogge Global Partners Plc.
- sharmila.sikdar@glas.agency
- +44(0)20 4542 5453

Iuliia Popova
Junior Client Relationship Manager
Iuliia has held various other Business Development positions across the Financial Services, Recruitment and Retail sectors.
- iuliia.popova@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3764 9328

Clement Couloumy
Senior Business Development Associate
Clement will be focusing on French market coverage for our Paris operation, GLAS SAS.
- clement.couloumy@glas.agency
- +44 (0)20 8159 4933

Joe Ellis-Grewal
Senior Business Development Associate
Joe is currently primarily responsible for our Capital Markets and Liability Management sales, having been at GLAS for the past two years.
- joe.ellis-grewal@glas.agency
- +44 (0) 20 3949 7887
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