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Wealth, Brokerage &
Retirement (WBR)
David Carroll, Senior EVP: Wealth, Brokerage & Retirement
Mary Mack, EVP, Wells Fargo Advisors
May 20, 2014
© 2014 Wells Fargo & Company. All rights reserved.
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Agenda
Business Overview
- Description of WBR Businesses
- Performance update
Market and Client Trends
Our Structure, Approach and Competitive Differentiation
Key Growth Opportunities and Goals
- Strategic Opportunities for Growth
- Long Term Targets
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Business Overview
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Wealth, Brokerage & Retirement
To help our clients achieve financial peace of mind Mission
To be the premier provider of planning, advice, solutions and
services in every one of our markets Vision
Help our clients build, manage, preserve and transition their financial resources and wealth
Build enduring client relationships on a foundation of sound, thoughtful and objective advice
Develop individualized financial plans to help meet clients’ financial objectives
Core strategies
“We want to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially”
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WBR offers a full range of financial advisory, lending, fiduciary and investment management services to clients using a planning approach
WBR business overview
Serves mass, mass affluent, affluent and high net worth clients’ advisory, brokerage and financial needs through multiple channels
Retail Brokerage
Provides affluent and high net worth clients with a complete range of wealth management solutions, including financial planning, private banking, credit, investment management and fiduciary services
Wealth Management
Provides comprehensive wealth management services to ultra high net worth families and individuals as well as endowments and foundations
Abbot Downing
Retirement
Provides institutional retirement (IRT) and trust services (including 401(k) and pension plan record keeping) for businesses, retail retirement solutions for individuals, and reinsurance services for the life insurance industry
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WBR size & scope
Data as of 12/31/13 unless otherwise noted. Client counts not mutually exclusive. Assets include deposits. Households (HHs) defined as client accounts grouped based on address matching; Relationships represent clients grouped by relationship manager and may include multiple clients/accounts. (1) Source: Company data and peer analysis as of 12/31/13; based on FA counts. (2) Source: Cerulli Associates; based on 4Q13 Brokerage advisory assets (3) Source: Barron’s 2013 Survey; based on Assets Under Management in accounts > $5MM (as of Jun 30, 2013). Includes Brokerage Client Assets and Wealth Assets Under Management. (4) Source: Bloomberg Top 50 Family Offices; based on assets as of 12/31/12. (5) Source: 2012 Sun Life Distributor Roundtable Survey (based on sales), December 2012. (6) Source: Cerulli Associates; based on 4Q13 assets. (7) Source: PLANSPONSOR Magazine (based on 4Q12 defined contribution assets), June 2013.
Retail Brokerage
Wealth Management
Abbot Downing Retirement
Client Assets
$1.4T $179B $39B IRA: $341B
IRT: $298B
Clients 3.7MM HHs 70K Relationships Over 600
Relationships 3.3MM Retail
Retirement HHs
Industry Rankings
#3 U.S. Retail Brokerage firm (1)
#4 Wealth Management firm (3) #8 Family Office (4)
#2 Annuity Distributor (5)
#3 Managed account provider (2) #6 IRA provider (6)
#8 Institutional Retirement Plan Recordkeeper (7)
WBR operates four businesses that serve individuals and institutions across the spectrum of wealth
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Channel diversity provides growth & choice Our multi-channel approach provides scalability, more stable growth and a consistent client experience
Assets with us
<$250K $250K-$1MM $1MM-$5MM $5MM-$50MM >$50MM
Multi-Channel Delivery Model
Abbot Downing
Phone Advisors
Client Service Model
Self Service
Direct
Personalized/local service Scalable solutions
Personalized/local service
Team of experts model Customized planning
and solutions
Cost-to-Serve
Low Modest/flexible High
Private Client Group (PCG)
FiNet Advisors, First Clearing, Mobile/Online
Wealth Brokerage Services
The Private Bank
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WBR nationwide presence
(1) Retail Banking stores with Brokerage Offices represent advisors who deliver investment advice through bank stores and Wealth locations. Wells Fargo operates approximately 6,200 Retail Banking stores; WBR has a brokerage or wealth presence in over 95% of stores.
Comprehensive delivery channels with local advisors
WBR Locations
Private Client Group 784
Independent Channel Financial Advisors (FAs) 591
Total Traditional Retail Brokerage Offices 1,375
Retail Banking Stores with Brokerage Offices (1)
5,966
Wealth Offices 128
Abbot Downing Offices 17
Total Locations 7,486
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WBR financial performance Strong track record of financial performance
$529
$1,005
$1,281 $1,328
$1,712
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Net Income $10,765
$11,730 $12,177 $12,160 $13,203
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
$9,426
$9,768 $9,934 $9,893
$10,455
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
($ in millions) Total Revenue
Noninterest Expense
PTPP CAGR (2009-2013): 19.7% (1)
(1) Pre-tax pre-provision profit (PTPP) is total revenue less noninterest expense. Management believes that PTPP is a useful financial measure because it enables investors and others to assess our ability to generate capital to cover credit losses through a credit cycle.
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$3.8
$4.6
$2.4
2009
$3.1
$7.2
$2.9
2013
Transactional / Other Non-Recurring
Recurring Revenue
65%
Asset Based / Other Recurring
Net Interest $10.8
$13.2
Recurring Revenue
76%
($ in billions)
Total WBR Revenue
Executing on strategic initiatives drives plan-based advice and recurring revenue; recurring revenue has improved to 76% in 2013 from 65% in 2009
WBR growth in recurring revenue
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WBR focus on disciplined expense control
$7.4 $7.1 $7.2 $7.1 $7.4
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
WBR Non-Interest Expense CAGR: 2.6%
$9.4 $9.8 $9.9 $9.9
$10.5
Strong expense discipline as total expense growth is driven by broker commissions, while all other expenses remained flat
Broker Commissions
All Other Expenses
($ in billions)
$2.6 $2.6 $2.8 $2.8 $3.1
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19.2% 18.7%
21.0%
2011 2012 2013
WBR performance measures
1.87% 1.94% 1.93% 1.75%
1.65%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Net Interest Margin
5.3%
2.1%
0.3%
2.9%
2010 2011 2012 2013
Operating Leverage
Return on Equity (1)
8%
14%
17% 18%
21%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Pre-tax Margin
Consistent and improving performance despite continued low short-term interest rate environment
(1) Prior years ROE not comparable due to methodology differences.
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2013 Client Asset Mix
WBR client assets
Investing & Retirement Planning
$5MM-50MM
$1MM-5MM
$250K-1MM
<$250K
WBR Client Segmentation
2013
$1.6T
11%
21%
33%
24%
11%
$2.1T
Saving, Retirement Planning & Investing
dollars held away
$1.6T Diversified Client Asset portfolio with additional $2.1T asset opportunity with Wells Fargo Retail Bank customers
28%
13%
7%
52%
Cash
Equities
Other
Fixed Income
Saving
$50MM+
Affluent Asset
Opportunity
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Continued growth in client demand for asset-based pricing relationships
Growth in Brokerage advisory assets
73%
27%
2013 Brokerage Client Assets: $1.4T
Advisory Assets
Other Brokerage Client Assets
27%
2013
25%
2012
23%
2011
20%
2010
18%
2009
Advisory Assets as % of Total Client Assets
Advisory Assets CAGR: 17.5%
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2.75% 1.65% Net Interest
Margin
22% 21% Pretax Margin
Financial target update
2013 Results
3.0%
80% 76%
2.9%
Recurring Revenue
Operating Leverage
Long Term Targets
(est. 2012 Investor Day)
On track to reach long term targets set at 2012 Investor Day
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WBR leadership We view people as our competitive advantage, demonstrated by the depth of our leadership and loyalty of our team members
David M. Carroll
Senior EVP, Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement 33 years at Wells Fargo
11 direct reports Average years at WFC ~21 years
Mary T. Mack
Head of Wells Fargo Advisors
30 years at WFC
6 Direct reports
Average years at WFC ~21 years
20,100 Total team
members Average years at
WFC ~15 years
WBR managers average 15 years with Wells Fargo
Average tenure of all WBR team members is 14 years
Jay S. Welker
Head of Wealth Management
11 years at WFC
9 Direct reports
Average years at WFC ~12 years
9,700 Total team
members Average years at
WFC ~13 years
James P. Steiner
Head of Abbot Downing 16 years at WFC
9 Direct reports Average years at
WFC ~14 years
280 Total team members Average years at
WFC ~12 years
John M. Papadopulos
Head of Wells Fargo Retirement
18 years at WFC
5 Direct reports
- Average years at WFC ~21 years
2,800 Total team
members
- Average years at WFC ~13 years
Mary T. Mack
Head of Wells Fargo Advisors
30 years at WFC
6 Direct reports
- Average years at WFC ~21 years
20,100 Total team
members
- Average years at WFC ~15 years
Jay S. Welker
Head of Wealth Management
21 years at WFC
9 Direct reports
- Average years at WFC ~12 years
9,700 Total team
members
- Average years at WFC ~13 years
James P. Steiner
Head of Abbot Downing 16 years at WFC
9 Direct reports
- Average years at WFC ~14 years
280 Total team
members
- Average years at WFC ~12 years
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Market and Client Trends
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Key market trends Despite a 5-year bull market, clients have escalating concerns about the economy, the markets and other influencing factors
Market Dynamics
• Volatility in U.S. and abroad
• Inflation concerns
• Proliferation of complex financial products
Government Programs
• Social security sustainability
• Affordable Health Care Act
• Increasing tax burden
• Partial government shutdown
Retirement Trends
• 10,000 Baby Boomers retiring each day
• Economic uncertainty
• 30+ years to live in retirement
• Traditional pensions disappearing
Healthcare Expenses
• Rising costs
• Longer life span
• Long term care insurance
62% of investors report that their fears about sustaining significant losses in a repeat of the 2008/2009 stock
market downturn have not eased (1)
(1) Source: Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor & Retirement Optimism Index February 2014.
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Online/Mobile
Flood of information
Key client trends Technology and demographic trends are also fueling our clients’ need for qualified financial advice – WBR has tuned in to these insights and expanded its business model accordingly
WBR Response
Social Media
So many opinions
Household Dynamics
Modern families
Gen Y/Millenials
New to investing
Offering an intuitive online and mobile experience, integrated across channels
Helping clients make sense of the large quantity of information available
Piloting social media test with our advisors
Financial advisors are a single point of contact providing unbiased and qualified advice, with many ways to connect
Fostering diversity in our advisors’ expertise, products and services
Delivering individual and flexible solutions to keep modern-day families in good financial health
Designing a simple, friendly and fun experience for younger clients
Recruiting the ‘next generation’ of advisors
Client Trends
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Our Structure, Approach
and Competitive
Positioning
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Client Needs
Planning & advice
Investment management
Brokerage
Private banking
Retirement
Estate planning strategies
Trust & insurance
Starting with client needs Clients have diverse financial needs and require comprehensive solutions
WBR Offerings
Transacting
Investing Saving
Retiring Borrowing
Protecting Home
Financing
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The value of planning Building relationships around individual plans drives tremendous value for our clients and the business
know where they stand in reaching their financial goals 93%
feel they are able to live the life they planned 88%
say they will retire on their own terms 91%
feel in control of their finances 89%
Planning gives clients “Peace of Mind”
….and, as a result, drives significant business value
Higher Client Loyalty 40%
Deeper Cross-Sell 38%
Higher Revenue 65%
Higher Advisory Assets 73%
Lower Attrition 47%
Source: WBR internal surveys.
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Competitive differentiation Our competitive advantage is the quality and consistency of our execution
We are client-driven Ethnographic research & insights
Listen first, understand, then plan
Personalized approach & solutions
Client
Collaboration is part of our cultural DNA
Common values & personalities
Cross-enterprise teams
Shared metrics
Collaboration
Helping our clients grow is the first step in growing our business
Focus on client’s financial health
Better solutions = deeper trust = more business
Shared initiatives & success
Growth
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Key Growth Opportunities
and Goals
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Capitalizing on strategic opportunities WBR has launched key initiatives and partnerships to drive organic growth and generate sustained growth
Strategic Initiative Organic Growth Driver
1) Advisor Best Practices Accelerating Adoption of Best Practices
2) High Net Worth Partnership
3) Community Bank Partnership
4) Home Lending Partnership
Leveraging the Power of One Wells Fargo
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Advisor Best Practices opportunity
Adoption is measured by the degree to which advisors embrace proven strategies within their practice.
Commitment to understanding clients’ personal and financial
priorities
Access to a knowledgeable
advisor and team of financial
experts
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Tailored advice that is aligned with the client’s circumstances
Solutions and relationship
evolve as the client’s life changes
Defined set of Best Practices to support advisors in helping clients succeed financially
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Advisor Best Practices proven strategies Best Practices strategies in four key areas have the greatest impact on the client
experience and advisor productivity
Best Practices advisors set realistic and appropriate service standards for each client segment.
Service Matrix
Best Practices advisors begin with a plan and provide on going guidance to address the client’s complete financial picture (needs, goals, planning and progress).
Advice-led relationships
Best Practice Advisors have a standardized process to review client results.
Standardized reviews
Best Practices advisors maintain the size of their practice to ensure they can commit the time and resources needed to provide trusted advice and serve the client’s full range of financial needs.
Right-sizing
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16%
26%
34%
48%
11% 12% 13%
19%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
54%
70%
Non-Best Practices
Best Practices
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
2010 2011 2012 2013
Advisor Best Practices progress The number of advisors adopting Best Practices within WFA has tripled, resulting in 30%
greater client loyalty and 2.5 times advisor productivity growth
Productivity Growth Client Loyalty % Loyal to the Firm
Advisor Adoption
Advisor adoption 3x higher in 4 years
Clients are 30% more loyal when advisors use best practices
(1) Advisor productivity growth includes producing FAs with the firm from 2009 – 2013.
Advisors (1) applying best practices grow production 2.5x greater
BP Adopter
BP Non-User
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High Net Worth partnership
(1) 2014 Offering Expansion.
WFA, in partnership with Wealth, is satisfying High Net Worth clients’ complex financial needs through local in-market specialists delivering customized financial services
Capitalizing on Brokerage High Net Worth opportunity
Targeting 13,000+ Qualified HHs with $5MM+ AUM
Qualified HHs hold >$150 billion AUM
Client’s Attorney
Client’s CPA
WM Specialists
Financial Advisor Relationship Manager
Private Banker Lending Specialist
Planning Specialist (1) Trust & Fiduciary Specialist
Partnership Model
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1.3
11.7
The partnership was launched as a pilot in late 2010, full roll-out completed late 2012, and has demonstrated strong early results
High Net Worth partnership progress
$1.3
$1.9
$0.9
2013 Client Balances ($ in billions)
Target Households (1)
13K
… has penetrated 10% of households…
Existing Households
Potential Households Brokerage Assets
Credit Balances
Trust Assets
… yielding $4.1B in incremental client balances.
The participation of approximately 500 Financial Advisors...
(1) Target households (defined as $5MM+ in AUM with WBR).
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WBR/Community Bank partnership - growing affluent opportunity
Increasing the savings, retirement planning and investing solutions for retail bank households to match households in our affluent customer segment is an estimated $2.1T in deposits and assets under management
2012 Investor Day
$1.5T
$2.1T
Investing & Retirement Planning
Saving
Current
Saving, Retirement Planning & Investing
dollars held away
Saving, Retirement Planning & Investing
dollars held away
Investing & Retirement Planning
Saving
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WBR/Community Bank partnership Significant growth opportunities for both businesses – great source of new highly profitable clients with enhanced retention
Clients with both bank and WBR relationships meet a greater number of financial needs with a deep relationship within those needs
Client retention averages 98.5% (1) for clients with both bank and WBR relationships
Client Needs
Transacting
Investing Saving
Retiring Borrowing
ProtectingHome
Financing
Clients with both bank and WBR products are over five times more profitable than bank only, and over two times more profitable than WBR only
BankOnly
WBR Only Bank &WBR
Relative Client Profitability (2)
1.0x
5.4x
2.5x
(1) Client retention averages represent two years-ending 2013. (2) Relative client profitability as of December 2013 (annual profit).
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WBR/Community Bank partnership Targeted execution to capture $2.1 trillion affluent asset opportunity
Identified approximately 1,100 retail banking stores as high opportunity
Households with approximately $1.0 trillion of $2.1 trillion affluent assets held elsewhere
These locations have 3x affluent households than other stores
Staffing these stores with a team of store private bankers and financial advisors
Progress in building teams in all stores (since 2011)
PrivateBankers
FinancialAdvisors
+28%
+13%
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WBR/Community Bank partnership Demonstrated capability to collaborate and serve customers effectively to achieve growth
Bank customers contribute significantly to brokerage growth:
Investment assets referred to Brokerage up 31% CAGR since 2011
Approximately half of new organic Brokerage clients in 2013 are also Community Bank customers
Other Brokerage
Clients 65%
Brokerage Client Assets: $1.4T
Bank/
Brokerage
Clients
35%
Total Brokerage client assets up 21% since 2011
- Bank/Brokerage client assets up 29%
Bank/Brokerage client asset share increased from 33% in 2011 to 35% in 2013
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(1) Based on 12-month look-back on client balances for referrals from Home Lending to WBR.
WBR New Business Growth 2010-2013 from Mortgage Referrals (1)
Investments
CAGR 23%
Deposits Borrowing
CAGR 9%
CAGR 39%
Home Lending originated $35 billion in agency and
portfolio mortgages for WBR clients in 2013
- Origination mix comprised of 64% agency
and 36% portfolio mortgages
WBR portfolio mortgage balances have 19% CAGR
since 2010
CAGR 19%
WBR Lending Portfolio Growth 2010-2013
Long-standing partnership supports client referrals for residential loans through Home Lending and planning and investments through WBR
Home Lending partnership growth
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Home Lending to WBR
Home Lending provides financing to 3.7 million affluent
households (1), but only 11% work with Wells Fargo for
planning, investing and retirement needs
As of 12/31/2013. (1) Affluent are WF Home Lending households (HHs) with total Wells Fargo combined deposit and
investment balances greater than $100K or total deposit and investment balances of $100K.
89% or 3.3MM
Affluent HH have no WBR
relationship
71% or 1.4MM WBR HH have a
non-WF mortgage
Home Lending partnership potential WBR cross-sell and client service opportunity with Home Lending is significant
WBR to Home Lending
Over 2 million WBR clients hold a U.S. residential mortgage,
but only 29% have a mortgage with Wells Fargo
Keys to Success
Managing a seamless client experience for new and existing
clients provides catalyst for growth
Selected activities include training, coaching and co-location
of WBR and Home Lending team members, and enhanced
recognition, service/relationship benefits for shared clients
29% or 573K
WBR HH have a WF mortgage
11% or 420K
Affluent HH have a WBR relationship
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Long Term Targets
(est. 2012 Investor Day)
Updated Long Term Targets (est. 2014 Investor Day)
80%
3.0% 2.9%
76% 80%
3.0%
22% 21% 25% Pretax Margin
Recurring Revenue
Operating Leverage
2013 Results
2.75% 1.65% 2.75% Net
Interest Margin
Financial target update Continued focus on pretax margin expansion
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Biographies
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David Carroll provides executive leadership to the wealth management business of Wells Fargo, including private banking and trust and estate services; brokerage services, including retail brokerage; Abbot Downing, which serves the needs of ultra high net-worth families and individuals; and retirement, including its institutional recordkeeping business.
A 33-year financial services veteran, he joined Wachovia Bank & Trust Company in 1979 and then First Union Bank (Wachovia’s predecessor) in 1981. In 2005, he became senior executive vice president and head of Wachovia’s Capital Management Group, which included retail brokerage (Wachovia Securities), asset management (Evergreen Investments), and Retirement and Investment Products. Previously, he was head of corporate services and merger integration, chief of eCommerce and technology, and head of First Union’s General Banking Group regions in Florida and Georgia.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves on the Board of Visitors at the Kenan-Flager Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is on the Executive Board of Educational Foundation, Inc.
David Carroll Senior Executive Vice President: Wealth,
Brokerage and Retirement
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Mary Mack Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo Advisors
As President and Head of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Mary Mack leads one of
the nation’s largest full-service retail brokerage organizations. She is a 30-year veteran of the company and has a broad mix of brokerage/advisory, banking and finance experience.
Most recently, Mary led the Financial Services Group and was responsible for the strategic direction and management of investment, advisory and banking products; the firm’s research and advice model; Financial Advisor (FA) recruiting; FA productivity and development; and the client and FA platform. Joining Wells Fargo Advisors through the mergers of Wachovia and First Union, Mary has held a variety of leadership positions including the head of Wealth Brokerage Services (bank/brokerage channel); leader of Wachovia’s Client Partnership; director of Community Affairs; General Bank regional president; and managing director of Healthcare Corporate Banking.
A graduate of Davidson College with a bachelor’s degree in International Political Economy, Mary also serves on the college’s board of trustees. She has served on the board or executive committee for Johnson C. Smith University, the United Way of Central Carolinas, Junior Achievement, Childcare Resources, and the Arts & Science Council. She is a founding member of the Foundation for Fort Mill Schools. Mary currently serves on the Private Client Services Committee for the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association and was named to the top-ranked Most Powerful Women in Banking Team by American Banker magazine two years in a row. Mary holds Series 7, 63 and 24 registrations.