Michael Collins Named New Head of
Wachovia Securities' Corporate Equity
Derivatives Origination Team
Michael Collins is a 1989 graduate of the University of Notre Dame
Wachovia Securities announced
today that Michael Collins has joined the Equity Division as managing director and head
of the Corporate Equity Derivatives Origination team. Collins reports to Andy Sanford,
managing director and head of Equity Capital Markets, and is based in the Charlotte
office.
Collins joins Wachovia Securities after two years at Societe Generale, where he served as the
firm's managing director and group head for the Americas Corporate and High Net Worth Equity
Derivatives Sales division. Prior to joining Societe Generale, he worked at UBS Securities for 14
years, the last 10 within Corporate Equity Derivatives Sales. He joined UBS as a Corporate
Finance Analyst and was one of the founding members of the San Francisco Investment Banking
team. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre
Dame.
"We are excited to have Mike join Wachovia to enhance our Corporate Equity Derivatives
business," said Sanford. "He brings a wealth of experience to this growing area of Equity Capital
Markets."
