Saul Van Beurden

Senior Executive Vice President, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Banking and Lending, and Head of Artificial Intelligence · Wells Fargo

BankingSan Francisco, CA

Co-CEO of Wells Fargo's Consumer Banking and Lending business and its Head of Artificial Intelligence since November 2025. He joined Wells Fargo as Head of Technology in 2019 and was previously chief information officer of Consumer and Community Banking at JPMorgan Chase. Wells Fargo ranked No. 38 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Last reviewed: Oct 1, 2026

Saul Van Beurden

Senior Executive Vice President, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Banking and Lending, and Head of Artificial Intelligence Wells Fargo

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Saul Van Beurden is co-chief executive of Wells Fargo’s Consumer Banking and Lending business and its Head of Artificial Intelligence, both since November 2025. He joined Wells Fargo in 2019 as Head of Technology, leading an engineering-led shift toward cloud-based systems, and from 2023 ran Consumer, Small and Business Banking. Before Wells Fargo he was chief information officer of Consumer and Community Banking at JPMorgan Chase, after technology and operations leadership roles at Marsh & McLennan and ING Group. Wells Fargo ranked No. 38 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

  • Co-CEO of Consumer Banking and Lending and Head of AI at Wells Fargo since November 2025.
  • CEO of Consumer, Small and Business Banking, May 2023 to November 2025.
  • Head of Technology at Wells Fargo, April 2019 to May 2023.
  • CIO of Consumer and Community Banking at JPMorgan Chase.

Professional Journey

Van Beurden held technology and operations leadership roles at ING Group and Marsh & McLennan, then became chief information officer of Consumer and Community Banking at JPMorgan Chase.

He joined Wells Fargo as Head of Technology in April 2019, and in 2020 started a neurodiversity hiring program in Technology. In May 2023 he became CEO of Consumer, Small and Business Banking.

In November 2025 he became co-CEO of Consumer Banking and Lending and Head of Artificial Intelligence. He sits on the board of the Wells Fargo Foundation.

Education

No first-party source read for this profile states his education.