San Francisco, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Wells Fargo & Company 
(NYSE: WFC) today said it has appointed Bryan Smith as vice president and Asia Pacific regional manager for Global Correspondent Banking. Jim Cullen, who previously held this position since 1999, has been promoted to lead strategic initiatives for Global Correspondent Banking.
Smith will lead a team of relationship managers and support staff, responsible for developing and managing relationships with financial institutions and multilateral organizations based in the region.
"Bryan brings a perfect balance of a deep understanding of the region and superior customer relationship management experience," said Steve Bash, executive vice president of Wells Fargo's Global Correspondent Banking Group. "He is just the right person to take Wells Fargo's commitment to this important region to the next level."
Smith has 26 years of experience in international correspondent banking. He earned a bachelor's degree in Russian and Soviet studies from Harvard University and a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Smith worked early in his career at Irving Trust and Brown Bothers Harriman before joining Wells Fargo 20 years ago. Most recently, Smith served as relationship manager for the Americas and Iberia, responsible for Canada, Mexico, Iberia and the Caribbean. He has conversational proficiency in 10 languages, including Mandarin and Korean.
Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $575 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance through almost 6,000 stores and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and internationally. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the only bank in the U.S., and one of only two banks worldwide, to have the highest credit rating from both Moody's Investors Service, "Aaa," and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, "AAA." SOURCE
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