Wells Fargo Hires Health-Care Banker Collins From Piper Sandler

Wells Fargo & Co. has hired health-care investment banker Chris Collins from Piper Sandler Cos., according to people familiar with the matter.

Collins joined the San Francisco-based lender’s corporate and investment bank as a managing director focusing on life sciences in its health-care group, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the details aren’t public. He reports to Darren Campili, head of health-care within the firm’s banking division, the people said.

Collins was most recently managing director and head of West Coast biotechnology investment banking at Piper Sandler.

A spokeswoman for Wells Fargo confirmed the ...