SAN FRANCISCO – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced that Julia Bates has been named Technology Control Executive. In this role, Bates will report jointly to Saul Van Beurden, head of Technology, and the Wells Fargo Control Executive to be named. Bates joins the company April 9.
As the Technology Control Executive, Bates will help implement and execute Wells Fargo Technology’s risk management program, with a focus on continuing to develop a strong risk and control function that aligns with the overarching Wells Fargo strategy. She will provide counsel on Technology risk and control issues as well as direct issue management and remediation efforts.
“The Technology Control function is key to maintaining strong risk management across the organization. Julia’s broad risk and control experience, as well as her demonstrated leadership across a variety of financial management functions, make her a tremendous addition to the team,” said Van Beurden. “I am thrilled to welcome Julia to Wells Fargo.”
Bates has more than 20 years of financial services industry experience, with leadership roles in control management, asset management and finance. Most recently, she was the chief control manager for JPMorgan Chase’s Commercial Bank, responsible for driving a control environment to safeguard the business. Prior to that, she was head of Individual & Business Retirement and director of Investor Relations for the firm.
Throughout her career, Bates has focused on mentoring junior-level talent and women, holding executive sponsorship roles of several programs focused on interns, college recruits and women in leadership roles. Julia holds a B.A. from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 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 32 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 260,000 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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