Roger Read

ROGER READ joined Natexis Bleichroeder Inc. 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, he 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, he 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. He 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.