Raj Ray is Vice President, Equity Research, Metals & Mining at Desjardins Securities. He previously served as an analyst with National Bank Financial and GMP Securities. He has also worked in investment banking with Dundee Capital Markets on equity financings and M&A transactions for small- to mid-cap gold and base metal companies. Prior to this Ray was a process engineer at Vedanta Resources Plc for four years. Ray holds a Bachelor in Metallurgical Engineering from India and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the Schulich School of Business. He is also a CFA charterholder.