Wells Fargo Securities Hires Geoffrey Keith As Managing Director In Institutional Investment Solutions

Wells Fargo Securities, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), today announced that Geoffrey Keith has joined the firm as a managing director in the Institutional Investment Solutions group. Based in New York, Keith will be responsible for the development and marketing of equity- and commodity-linked investment solutions for the firm’s global institutional client base. He will report to Rick Silva, managing director and head of Institutional Investment Solutions for Wells Fargo Securities.

“Geoff brings a wealth of experience and intellectual capital to the Wells Fargo Securities’ platform,” said Silva. “He is a respected professional in the derivatives space with an impeccable track record. His experience trading, investing, building and running businesses on both the sell-side and buy-side gives him a unique perspective on the marketplace and places him in the best position to partner with our global institutional clients to identify and service their equity- and commodity-based investing and risk management needs. We are very excited to have him join our team.”

Keith brings more than 20 years of derivatives experience to his new position. Prior to Wells Fargo, he was a senior portfolio manager for Diamond Notch Asset Management, where he managed the Event-Driven and Credit Opportunity strategies. Prior to that, Keith held a number of related positions, including founding Parabolic Partners Capital Management, LLC, running U.S. Equity Derivative Trading at Merrill Lynch, and running U.S. Convertible Trading at JPMorgan Chase. He received his M.S. in Management Science and Engineering and his B.S. in Mathematics from Stanford University.

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Wells Fargo Securities delivers a comprehensive set of capital markets products and services to customers, including originating and distributing public debt and equity, hedging interest rates, commodity and equity risks, advising on mergers and acquisitions, and originating structured lending facilities and municipal bonds. The institutional capital markets business is comprised of more than 3400 team members in 40+ offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.