Financial News profiles the top-ranked analysts in the five most lucrative sectors for investment banks – finance, utilities, telecoms, construction and pharmaceuticals – according to the 2010 Thomson Reuters Extel rankings.

• Banks Guillaume Tiberghien, Credit Suisse/Exane BNP Paribas French banks analyst Tiberghien took top spot in the 2010 rankings, narrowly ahead of former Credit Suisse colleague Jonathan Pierce. In mid-November, Financial News revealed that Tiberghien had handed in his notice and was heading to Exane BNP Paribas along with six of his colleagues. Credit Suisse has consistently ranked as one of the top fee earners from the finance sector in recent years, ranking second in 2008 and 2009, and third in 2010. The bank has made $2.8bn in fees from the sector over the past five years.