Benjamin J. Nolan Managing Director Energy & Power, Transportation Stifel Benjamin Nolan joined Stifel in 2013. Benjamin is a Managing Director in the Transportation sector, covering Shipping and Energy Infrastructure. Before joining Stifel, Benjamin covered both equity and debt of companies in the maritime sector at Knight Capital. He also spent six years at Jefferies as an Equity Research Analyst covering the shipping sector and spent several years as a corporate Financial Analyst for EOG Resources in the oil and gas business. Benjamin earned a BBA in Finance from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Houston. He holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Nolan has won numerous StarMine and Institutional Investor awards for stock picking, earning estimating, and research analysis.