Wells Fargo Names Lester Owens as New Head of Operations
28 April 2020 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced that
Lester Owens will join the company in the newly created role of
head of operations, responsible for building a more unified, more
integrated approach to Wells Fargo’s business operations functions.
Owens, who joins Wells Fargo in late July 2020, will report to
Chief Operating Officer Scott Powell and will serve on the
company’s Operating Committee.
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“Lester is a highly regarded operations executive with more than
30 years of experience in the financial services industry and a
passion for excellence, customer experience, efficiency, and
transformation,” said Powell. “While everyone at Wells Fargo shares
the responsibility for operational excellence, Lester’s team will
enable us to deliver the best experience possible for our customers
while driving consistent execution across our business operations
functions, including contact center operations, client servicing
support, money movements within our businesses, lending operations,
and other functions. We will all benefit from having Lester’s deep
experience and talent in this critical role.”
Owens joins Wells Fargo from Bank of New York Mellon, where he
was Global Head of Operations, responsible for a team of 20,000
employees supporting every stage of the client investment
lifecycle, including account creation, trading, clearing and
settlement, and asset servicing. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, he
spent 10 years at JP Morgan Chase, where he was responsible for
Global Wholesale Banking Operations, among other roles. Lester
previously led significant operations functions for Deutsche Bank,
Citibank, and Bankers Trust. Owens is a graduate of Long Island
University and the Fairleigh Dickinson Executive MBA program.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified,
community-based financial services company with $1.98 trillion in
assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial
needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and
headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking,
investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer
and commercial finance, through 7,400 locations, more than 13,000
ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has
offices in 31 countries and territories to support customers who
conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 263,000
team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the
United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 29 on
Fortune’s 2019 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News,
insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at
Wells Fargo Stories.
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