Based in Houston, Texas, Roger Read joined Natixis Bleichroeder LLC. in 2003 and covers the Oil Services sector. Prior to that, he was at Simmons & Company International: from September 2002 to September 2003, based in Houston, he was Vice President – Equity Research following contract drillers and offshore construction within the Oil Services sector; and from June 1999 to September 2002, primarily based in Aberdeen, Scotland, he was Vice President – European Research covering the European Oil Services sector. From June 1996 to June 1999, Mr. Read was a Research Associate at Simmons, following large and mid-cap Oil Services companies, initiating Simmons & Company International’s coverage of the Canadian Oil Services sector in 1997. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Read worked in the corporate internal audit department at Halliburton in Dallas, Texas. From 1989 to 1990, he was employed by Ernst & Young LLM in Houston as a staff auditor.
Mr. Read has a Master’s degree in Finance from Rice University’s Jones School of Administration, and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Southern Methodist University.