René Picazo

René Picazo is an executive vice president and head of the Wealth Client Group at Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM). René and his teams are responsible for the distribution of WFAM investment products through national, regional, and independent broker-dealers; private banks; insurance companies; retirement platforms; and registered investment advisers. He also oversees some of WFAM's largest and most complex client relationships.

Before joining WFAM in 2017, René served as a managing director and senior relationship manager with the Global Institutional Capital Group at Wells Fargo Securities. Earlier, René served as a managing director and senior relationship manager for top UBS clients on the West Coast. Prior to UBS, he was with Deutsche Bank in New York, where he served as senior relationship manager for global markets. René also has significant international experience from his time at Merrill Lynch, where he initially covered client in Latin America, and later oversaw relationships in Italy, Spain, and Portugal while based in London.

René earned a bachelor's degree in government from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He is a proud member of the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA) and he also serves on the national board of the Wells Fargo Foundation, an organization that donates over $400 million a year to non-profits that support underserved populations.