In July, Wells Fargo & Company announced Mary Katherine DuBose as the head of the bank’s secured lending division that includes asset-based lending, equipment finance, supply chain finance, and inventory finance. In this role, DuBose leads key lending divisions for Commercial Banking, delivering streamlined, efficient working capital solutions to serve the needs of clients globally. Through the broad portfolio of secured lending solutions, she works directly with clients, lending on a wide variety of collateral. DuBose reports to Kyle Hranicky, CEO of Wells Fargo Commercial Banking.

In her last role, DuBose served as Wells Fargo’s Chief Credit Officer, responsible for leadership and oversight of all credit undertaken throughout Wells Fargo. In her role, she had oversight all credit risk through the company’s lending activities and provided oversight of all company and line-of business credit policies.

She currently is a member of Wells Fargo’s Management Committee and a Nonexecutive Director of the Wells Fargo Irish Bank Board.

DuBose also served as the head of Capital Markets. In this role, she led teams responsible for Asset-Backed Finance (ABF), Debt Capital Markets (DCM), and Equity Capital Markets.

DuBose has more than 20 years of investment banking experience and joined Wells Fargo in 1998 to assist in forming the Business & Commercial Loan Securitization team. Prior to her Capital Markets role, DuBose was the head of DCM, and prior to that, she was co-head of ABF at Wells Fargo Securities. She also held positions leading Corporate Debt Finance, Subscription Finance, and Corporate Net Lease groups. Prior to joining Wells Fargo,

DuBose spent three years at CapUSA, where she helped structure Capital USA Funding and Llama Retail Funding, two commercial paper conduits financing trade receivables. DuBose holds a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Arkansas with a concentration in finance. She is a member of the Board of Directors for KinderMourn and a member of the Board of Trustees for Charlotte Latin School.

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