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Shawn Fitz
Managing Director, Head of Health & Life Sciences
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Health & Life Sciences
We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.
We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.
The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.
Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.
We are committed to corporate philanthropy; economic and financial literacy advocacy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.
We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.
Managing Director, Head of Health & Life Sciences
Mr. Fitz joined Stephens in September 1997. In August of 2010, he moved from Equity Research to Investment Banking on the Life Sciences and Medical Technologies team. Prior to joining Corporate Finance, Mr. Fitz spent 13 years as an equity research analyst covering the healthcare industry and was focused on the medical technology sector from 2001 until 2010. He holds a B.B.A. in computer information systems and an M.B.A. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.