Ioannis Pontikis, CFA, is an equity analyst for Morningstar Holland BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He covers European food retail and food ingredient companies such as Tesco, Carrefour, Associated British Foods, and Chr. Hansen.Before joining Morningstar in 2017, Pontikis spent more than six years at Athens-based value shop SilentSeas, where he worked as a generalist covering small caps and focused on deep-value situations, particularly in companies owning hidden, undervalued assets. Prior to that role, he worked at Nestle as a financial analyst and at Ernst & Young as a consultant.Pontikis holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Piraeus and a master’s degree in finance from the London School of Economics. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.