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Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? – Argent
Editorial Staff
29 January 2024
Argent Smith and Barr will be based in Shreveport and focus on mineral wealth, contract negotiation, oil and gas accounting and asset evaluation. They will report to David Luke, Argent Mineral Management president and David Smith, Louisiana manager, business development officer. Smith has 13 years of experience in petroleum land work across Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado. Most recently, he worked within Hunter Energy Corp, serving as an in-house landman consultant. Barr brings 16 years of experience in the land business in North Louisiana, South Arkansas and East Texas. Before joining Argent, he worked as a landman for small oil and gas exploration companies and larger companies by providing land services, targeting the Haynesville Shale.
US wealth management group has appointed James Story (pictured) as senior portfolio manager at , the US wealth management group, has appointed Preston Smith and John Barr to join its mineral management business – a group dealing with clients in the oil and gas sectors and an important revenue source in the firm’s base in the South.