Piper Sandler Companies announced the addition of Anna Andreeva as a managing director and senior research analyst to the consumer equity research team. Andreeva will be based in the New York office with coverage responsibilities of footwear, softlines and global brands. Prior to joining Piper Sandler, Andreeva has spent more than 15 years within the retail & apparel sector.

Most recently, she was a managing director at Needham & Company covering ecommerce and global brands. Before Needham & Company, she served as a senior analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. within the consumer discretionary sector.

Andreeva began her career in equity research at J.P. Morgan where she was part of the number one ranked Institutional Investor team covering specialty retail. Andreeva received a bachelor?s degree in finance from the College of Charleston and earned her Master of Business Administration degree from the NYU Stern School of Business.