Hugh Warns

Mr. Hugo J.
Warns is a Global Head of Equities at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. and a Senior Vice President at Stifel Financial Corp.
He is on the Board of Directors at Maryland Zoological Society, Inc. He is responsible for leading Stifel’s Research and Sales & Trading operations, and also serves on Stifel’s Institutional Operating Committee.
Prior to becoming Director of Research, he was a Managing Director covering the U.S.
property and casualty insurance industry at JPMorgan, a Principal at Legg Mason, and an Associate Analyst at Alex Brown & Sons.
Prior to his more than 20-year Wall Street career, he was a Manager of Insurance Operations at USF&G, and began his career as a Financial Analyst in strategic planning with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Maryland.
He has a B.S.
in finance from Susquehanna University and an M.B.A. in finance from Loyola College.
He is a CFA charterholder.