Michael Lavery is a director and senior analyst at Piper Sandler covering the consumer staples and cannabis sectors. Prior to joining Piper Sandler in 2017, he was a director and senior analyst at CLSA. He was named #1 sector stock picker in 2013 and 2016 by Thomson Reuters/Starmine. Prior to CLSA, he worked at Kraft Foods and covered food manufacturers as a research associate at Citigroup for four years before spending two years in a consulting role at Booz & Co working with consumer companies. Michael holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS Commerce degree from the University of Virginia. Prior to business school, Michael was in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Richmond, VA.