To satisfy the financial needs of more commercial customers in Illinois, Wells Fargo has named Lisa Johnson as regional head for commercial banking in Illinois and southeast Wisconsin. She will be based in Chicago and report to Richard Kerbis, head of commercial banking’s midwest division.
Ms Johnson, who led Wells Fargo business credit’s central region, will be responsible for building Wells Fargo commercial banking’s presence throughout Illinois and southeast Wisconsin while providing customers with the company’s full range of financial services.
She began her 26-year commercial banking career with United Bank of Denver (now Wells Fargo) and moved into the asset-based lending group in 1990. After serving as a principal with UniRock Management Corp, a Denver-based investment banking firm, she rejoined Wells Fargo in 1998 as business development officer. She was named to head Wells Fargo Business Credit’s Strategic Resource Group in 2000. She was promoted as manager of Business Credit’s central region in 2007.
Mr Kerbis, said: “Illinois and southeast Wisconsin are terrific markets for Wells Fargo because of the significant number of owner-operated middle-market customers,continuing to expand these markets in particular is a big focus for commercial banking’s national strategy.”
