NEW YORK – Wells Fargo Securities, the investment banking and capital markets business of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), announced today that Christopher Wofford has joined the Industrials Investment Banking group as managing director, covering the transportation and logistics sector. He is based in New York, reporting to Jessica Gray, managing director and head of transportation and logistics coverage.

“Chris brings more than 25 years of investment banking experience, a majority of which has been in the transportation and logistics sector,” stated Gray. “The depth and breadth of his relationships, coupled with his expertise advising on significant M&A and corporate finance transactions, will position us for continued success as we deepen and strengthen our Industrials Investment Banking franchise.”

The transportation and logistics sector is a subsector of the Industrials Investment Banking group, which is led by John Church. Leveraging its advisory and capital markets expertise, together with its significant capital commitment, the Industrials Investment Banking group has completed more than 500 transactions since 2017 and served as advisor or lead bank to many important companies in the industry.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Wofford served as head of transportation and logistics at Robert W. Baird. Previously, he held senior leadership positions at Macquarie Capital, Bank of America, and Bear Stearns. He received a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

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Wells Fargo Securities delivers a comprehensive set of capital markets and advisory products and services, including public debt and equity origination and distribution, investment research, interest rate, commodity and equity risk hedging, mergers and acquisitions advice, prime services, structured lending facilities, foreign exchange services, and municipal bond origination. Wells Fargo Securities consists of nearly 5,000 team members in more than 40 offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through 8,200 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2017 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.