Blake Morris
Blake Morris is Head of Supervision for the Public Finance division of Hilltop Securities Inc. having served in that role since January of 2020. He joined the firm in 2008 as a member of the Compliance Department. He was appointed the CCO of the legacy firm, First Southwest Company, in 2013 and served in that role through the merger into Hilltop Securities until January of 2016. After the merger he was Co-CCO before transitioning to supervision of the Fixed Income Department in 2018. Mr. Morris started his career at the Ayco Company, L.P. in Dallas, TX. He joined the firm as Financial Analyst in 2001 and moved into their Compliance Department in 2004. Blake has a BBA in Finance from Southern Methodist University and an MBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Dallas.