SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Wells Fargo International Group, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), announced that industry veteran Gisele Luna de Mello has joined its Global Financial Institutions (GFI) group as regional manager for South America. Based in São Paulo, Brazil, Luna de Mello reports to Ron Caton, head of Wells Fargo’s GFI business for the Americas.
In her role, Luna de Mello will manage the company’s GFI offices in Bogotá, Colombia; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Buenos Aires, Argentina and São Paulo. Serving more than 3,000 banks in 130 countries, Wells Fargo's GFI business provides financial institutions and multilateral agencies across the globe cash management, trade finance, credit products, deposit and liquidity services as well as cross-selling various asset management, capital markets and trust services. With extensive experience managing financial institutions throughout South America, Luna de Mello will be responsible for strengthening Wells Fargo’s relationships with commercial banks throughout the region.
“We are excited to have Gisele lead our GFI business in South America and help us maintain our #1 market share in the region1,” said Caton. “We are confident that her deep industry knowledge and extensive experience in capital markets will position our GFI business to better serve our customers and further strengthen our commitment in this very important market.”
Most recently, Luna de Mello was with Standard Bank in São Paulo where she served as head of Financial Institutions and Debt Capital Markets for the Americas, with a specific focus on Latin America. She also spent 15 years at Bank of America where she held various roles, including head of Financial Institutions in Brazil and was also responsible for Global Treasury, Trade Finance and Debt Capital Markets.
Wells Fargo’s International Group provides small businesses, corporations, financial institutions, multilateral organizations and individuals with a wide range of international solutions from more than 35 global locations, including branches in Hong Kong, London, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo and the Cayman Islands.
About Wells Fargo & Company
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.3 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores, 12,000 ATMs, the Internet (wellsfargo.com), and other distribution channels across North America and internationally. With more than 270,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in America. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 23 on Fortune’s 2011 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.
1 Source: FiMetrix 2011
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