Wells Fargo announced that Jill Ford has joined the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) as head of Equity Capital Markets. She reports to Tim O’Hara, head of Banking, and is based in New York.

“Jill is a proven leader in equity capital markets and an important addition to Wells Fargo as we continue to invest in our Corporate & Investment Bank,” said O’Hara. “The extensive cross-industry and syndicate structuring expertise Jill brings to leading our talented ECM team will help us deliver for clients.”

With 30 years of investment banking experience, Ford was most recently co-head of Equity Capital Markets Americas and was previously head of the ECM Americas Syndicate at Credit Suisse. At Credit Suisse, she also co-chaired the Equity Valuation Committee and sat on the Investment Banking & Capital Markets (IBCM) Global Operating Committee. Ford was head of the Credit Suisse Americas Women’s Network for six years and served on the firm’s Corporate Insights Advisory Council, Global ESG Steering Committee, and the IB ESG Strategic Initiatives Forum. Prior to her most recent firm, Ford held debt capital markets and M&A investment banking roles at UBS, Montgomery Securities, and First Boston.

Ford is a member of the board of the Tufts Financial Network Advisory Committee. She received a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University.