Saul Van Beurden

Senior Executive Vice President,

Head of Artificial Intelligence, Co-CEO of Consumer Banking and Lending

Wells Fargo & Company

Saul Van Beurden is Wells Fargo’s Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and co-CEO of Consumer Banking and Lending (CBL), which serves consumer, business banking and lending customers through digital channels, retail branches, ATMs, and customer service centers. Saul is a member of the Operating Committee at Wells Fargo.

Saul previously served as CEO of Consumer, Small & Business Banking where he oversaw rapid adoption of the mobile app, the modernization of the national branch network, and expansion of digital offerings for customers. He joined Wells Fargo in 2019 as the head of Technology and led a global team of information technology and security professionals. Under his leadership, the team executed an engineering-led IT strategy, driving the company’s transformation efforts to become cloud-based and more agile.

Saul is the executive co-sponsor for Wells Fargo's Disability Connection Employee Resource Network, and in 2020, started the Neurodiversity Hiring program in Technology, which has now been scaled to other functions at the company. He also sits on the Board of the Wells Fargo Foundation, which harnesses the power of philanthropy.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Saul was chief information officer of Consumer and Community Banking at JPMorgan Chase. He also has served in Technology & Operations leadership roles at Marsh & McLennan, ING Group, and various firms in his native Netherlands.

He is based in New York.