Wells Fargo Securities Broadens Energy Coverage with Senior Research Hire, Judson Bailey

Wells Fargo Securities, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), announced today that Judson Bailey will be joining the Equity Research Department as a managing director and senior analyst covering the Oil Service sector. He will be based in Houston, jointly reporting to Sam Pearlstein and Todd Wickwire, co-heads of U.S. Equity Research.

“Wells Fargo’s Research Department is delighted to add talent of Jud’s caliber to the team,” said Diane Schumaker-Krieg, global head of Research, Economics & Strategy at Wells Fargo Securities. “Jud is widely recognized by investors and issuers as a thought leader in oilfield services, and will be a pivotal part of our industry-leading energy research franchise.”

Jud joins Wells Fargo Securities after several years at ISI Group where he was a senior managing director and head of Oil Service Equity Research. During his time at ISI, he led the firm’s highly regarded research team, and in 2013 ranked runner-up in the Oil Service and Equipment sector in Institutional Investor’s annual “All-America Research” survey. Prior to joining ISI, Jud spent more than nine years at Jefferies & Company where he became the firm’s senior Oil Service research analyst.

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