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Charlie Penders

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SVP (Managing Director) – Strategic Operational Design, Re-engineering & Program Manager at Wells Fargo
📍 United States

Charlie Penders is a Managing Director specializing in large-scale enterprise transformation for the financial services industry. His expertise covers merger and acquisition integration, complex program management, and platform re-engineering at institutions like Wells Fargo and BNY Mellon, with a focus on improving operational quality, efficiency, and speed to market.

He was personally requested by executives at both Bridgewater Associates and BNY Mellon to design and implement a new global quality assurance framework for a major acquisition.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
SVP (Managing Director) – Strategic Operational Design, Re-engineering & Program Manager
Location
United States
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M&A Integration
Has extensive experience leading merger and acquisition integration, including the multi-year outsourcing of Bridgewater Associates' operations to BNY Mellon.
Enterprise Transformation
Leads enterprise-wide transformation programs at Wells Fargo, focusing on redesigning processes to achieve regulatory objectives and realize efficiencies.
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Work history

2-2020 - 7-2024
SVP (Managing Director) – Strategic Operational Design, Re-engineering & Program Manager
Wells Fargo
4-2018 - 6-2020
SVP (Managing Director) - Global Head of Test Management Transformation & Enterprise SW Factory
Wells Fargo
2-2015 - 9-2017
Managing Director - Head of Middle Office Acquisitions & Outsourcing Solutions Quality Assurance
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON/BNY MEL LON, N.A
11-2012 - 9-2015
Managing Director, PMO, Tri-Party Senior Program Executive, Asset Servicing Outsourcing Acquisitions
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON/BNY MEL LON, N.A
10-2010 - 9-2015
Senior Program Manager - Head of Back and Middle Office Technology and outsourcing acquisitions PMO
Bridgewater Associates
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