James W.

James W. currently serves as the Senior Director of Financial Risk Management at Western Alliance Bank, a position held since May 2023. Prior to this role, James W. accumulated over 22 years of experience at Wells Fargo, where key positions included Senior Vice President for Financial Risk Management: Capital Risk Oversight, Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, and Head of Finance for Corporate Banking & Equity Funds. Responsibilities encompassed balance sheet management, pricing and profitability, and portfolio forecasting and modeling. Earlier in the career, James W. worked as a Senior Financial Analyst at US Bank from March 2000 to June 2001. James W. earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from the University of St. Thomas between 1994 and 1997.