Michael Whitaker

Michael Whitaker is the chief compliance officer at Wells Fargo Asset Management and is responsible for all compliance activities and oversight for the company. He works closely with the operating committee to ensure business priorities and compliance requirements are aligned.

Additionally, Michael serves as the chief compliance officer for Wells Fargo Funds, where he is in charge of its oversight reporting to the Wells Fargo Funds Board of Trustees and heads all compliance activities and oversight of the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

In prior roles, he has served as the senior vice president for asset management compliance at Fidelity Management & Research Company, was in charge of compliance for Fidelity Institutional Asset Management, and was also responsible for overseeing Fidelity's equity division. Earlier, Michael was a senior vice president and chief compliance officer at MFS Investment Management, where he led the firm in reorganizing and expanding compliance oversight throughout the organization. He also has significant experience in fund and corporate counsel roles and practiced corporate law prior to joining the investment and financial professions as an auditor with KPMG.

Michael earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with honors from the University of Notre Dame. He later earned a juris doctorate degree, graduating cum laude from Cornell University. He is admitted into the Massachusetts and New York bars and is a certified public accountant in the state of New York.