Ralph Eads is chairman of Energy Investment Banking and vice chairman of Jefferies & Co. Inc. Under his leadership, Jefferies has established one of the leading energy investment banking practices worldwide. His experience includes working on more than $100 billion in energy M&A transactions, including several large gas-shale joint ventures for Chesapeake Energy, the sale of East Resources to Shell, the merger of XTO Energy with ExxonMobil and Atlas Energy's sale to Chevron. In addition, Eads has a long track record of investing in the oil and gas industry, principally through his family oil and gas firm, Sierra Resources. Prior to joining Jefferies, he was executive vice president of El Paso Corp., responsible for its unregulated businesses. Previously, he was head of the energy group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Eads is chairman of Expectation Graduation, an initiative with the city of Houston to increase the city's high school graduation rate. He is a graduate of Duke University and serves on the university's board of trustees.

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Energy Security

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