Raymond James Ltd. has hired Don Short as a research analyst to cover emerging and junior oil and gas producers.

Short joins John Mawdsley and Stephen Calderwood to complete the firm’s coverage of Canadian oil and gas producers.

Short holds a CFA designation and has degrees in commerce and computer science from the University of Calgary . He has worked as a financial analyst for an energy trading firm, as an institutional salesman at First Energy and as a founding principal of a firm providing business advisory services to small enterprises.