Sara Senatore

Managing Director and Senior Analyst, Equity Research

New York, New York, United States

About

Senior finance executive with over twenty years experience evaluating market opportunities, strategic initiatives, and corporate executive teams as well as regulatory dynamics and government policy. Work collaboratively with other analysts across consumer and technology sectors. Areas of expertise include technological innovation, online marketplace models, change management/turnarounds, and international consumer markets with particular focus on China. Proven track record of talent management and passionate about developing talent with diverse educational, professional and geographical backgrounds. Co-chair of firm-wide women's employee resource group, and contributor to firm recruitment efforts with particular emphasis on diverse talent through Diversity Champions Council membership. Alumna Interviewer for Yale College and Columbia Business School.

Experience

  • Senior Research Analyst at Bank of America
    Aug 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

    Senior Restaurants Analyst

  • AB Bernstein (15 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Research Analyst
      Sep 2008 - May 2021 · 12 yrs 9 mos

      - Provide institutional investors with detailed financial forecasts, equity valuations, and expertise in capital market dynamics - Analyze restaurant industry competitive dynamics: marketing and product innovation, technology deployment, talent acquisition and organizational effectiveness - Present to industry associations, conferences, and management teams - Named to Institutional Investor's (II) All Americas Team each year since 2012 - Regularly quoted in newspapers and magazines, including Fortune, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and interviewed for television and radio networks like CNBC, Bloomberg, and NPR

    • Associate
      May 2006 - Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Associate Analyst at Banc of America Securities
    2004 - 2006 · 2 yrs

    Apparel & Footwear

  • Research Associate at Federal Trade Commission
    Aug 1999 - Aug 2002 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    - Applied data analytics to evaluate prior regulatory decisions - Supported Economists during anti-trust litigation