Charlie Defries

Charlie is an Associate primarily covering clients across the Wealth Management and Professional Services industries in Europe. Before joining Ardea in 2025, Charlie worked at Jefferies from 2022 in the EMEA Financial Institutions Group. Charlie started his career in 2019 at Hines Associates focusing on Financial Instituions M&A. Charlie holds an MSc in Latin American Studies and BA (with Honours) in French and Spanish from Oxford University.