Wells Fargo Names Ellen Patterson General Counsel
March 13 2020 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced that Ellen
Patterson will join the company as its senior executive vice
president and general counsel, effective March 23, 2020. Reporting
to CEO Charlie Scharf, Patterson will be responsible for all legal
affairs at the company and will serve on the company’s Operating
Committee.
“Ellen is a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience in the
financial services industry, where she has had responsibilities for
managing and advising on global legal and regulatory compliance
risks,” Scharf said. “She will play a critical leadership role on
our Operating Committee as we continue to work on our company’s top
priority of meeting regulatory expectations.”
Patterson joins Wells Fargo after more than seven years at TD
Bank Group, where she most recently served as group head and
general counsel responsible for leading the bank’s global Legal,
Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Corporate Secretary, Global
Security & Investigations, and Fraud Risk Management teams.
Earlier, she served as general counsel for TD Bank’s U.S. banking
operations. For the past two years, she has chaired TD Bank’s
global Women in Leadership program, supporting programs and
practices to advance the careers of a diverse group of female
employees.
Prior to joining TD Bank, Patterson was a partner at the New
York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she
focused on advising financial institutions on mergers &
acquisitions, capital markets, and corporate governance
matters.
“I am excited to join Wells Fargo during a transformational time
in the company’s history,” Patterson said. “I look forward to
collaborating with leaders across the company to shape the culture,
help businesses innovate, and produce the best outcomes for the
customers and communities Wells Fargo serves.”
Patterson is a graduate of Columbia Law School and received her
undergraduate degree from Harvard University. She has been
recognized as one of 25 “Women to Watch” by American Banker in each
of the past four years.
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,
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