William Hope

About William Hope

I have dedicated my education and my career to becoming one of the best strategic business leaders, especially in situations where good, effective leadership is critical to future success. I take a holistic approach to business and understand the inter-related nature of various functions, processes, and the people involved. With any organization, I aim to unite employees, customers, investors, and the community in moving toward future success for all stakeholders; the best results are achieved when all stakeholders are actively engaged and moving in the same direction. While a concise and understandable vision are crucial for leading an organization, it is equally important to effectively implement the processes, tools, and structure necessary to allow people to reach their full growth and development potential. Ensuring people are are able to perform to the best of their ability will drive effective execution in implementing everything from the strategic marketing plan to the basic operational processes to drive growth and value for all.

Experience

1. Vice President - Risk Management

   Wells Fargo

   Jun 2018 — Present · Cincinnati-Dayton-Columbus, OH, US

   Directed a team of eight management consultants in delivering quality results through a period of enterprise changes and uncertainty, while still growing their talent, skills, and experience and supporting their individual development.• Led a thorough review of the new business initiatives processes for a $1 trillion business division, developed new tools and processes, timelines, deliverables, and a detailed procedural manual. Developed executive communications resulting in improved transparency, efficiency and timeliness, and a much better understanding of the processes for upper-level leadership• Developed a reputation for excellence, accuracy, and crisis management by building strong relationships across many organizations and leveraging previous relationships from past experience to help all business partners effectively mitigate risk, achieve project goals and timelines, and reduce frustration with new and changing policies and processes• Facilitated many different teams within the largest business division at Wells Fargo to successfully complete over 80 new business initiatives while ensuring all product managers, stakeholders, and senior leaders were successful in compliance with policies while meeting their project goals and timelines• Delivered the successful launch of high priority efforts spanning multiple lines of business under tight timelines for multiple types of new deposit products, while also ensuring all applicable risks were identified and mitigation processes and controls were established prior to launch• Effectively led a regulatory review and assessment of all state and local regulations to ensure the control environment adequately mitigates the risk • Successfully managed projects within the corporate risk management function to mitigate risk for a $1 trillion business division, including a thorough risk and control evaluation of processes, the development of strategic plans, and executing an effort to modernize the risk environment

Education

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  MBA, Strategic Management, Finance, Entrepreneurship

  2009 — 2012

• University of Washington

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry

  1998 — 2004

• UW Foster School of Business

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Accounting and Finance

  1998 — 2004