Leadership

Amita Chinnadurai

Director, Business Solutions and Controls

Amita leads a team responsible for risk management, business controls, regulatory compliance, industry engagement, business administration.

The team is primarily responsible for relationship management with a focus on investment platform solutions, trading services, data analytics, compliance, and risk management services to independently owned broker dealers and investment advisors that use the fully disclosed clearing and custody services of Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC and to independent financial advisors that affiliate with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC.

Amita has over a decade of experience at Wells Fargo, having previously led the development and execution of First Clearing’s risk program in areas including controls testing, regulatory compliance, audit response and data analytics. She also spent time at Edward Jones where she was responsible for risk management of their Client Strategies Group.

Amita earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Florida, and an MBA and master’s degree in finance from the University of Tampa. She holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 65 securities registrations.

She is active in the industry and the community, and currently serves on the Financial Services Institute (FSI) Compliance Council and on the board of the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation. Amita and her husband reside in St. Louis, Missouri.

Amita Chinnadurai