Charles Schwab

Charles Schwab, a leading financial services firm, operates with a well-defined organizational structure that highlights its key business and technology functions. The company is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Rick Wurster, supported by a senior team of managing directors and executive officers. Omar Aguilar serves as Chief Executive Officer for Schwab Asset Management, a subsidiary, while other managing directors such as John DiNisio, John Connor, Steve Anderson, Tyrone Bennett, Lisa Adams, Bryan Swann, Erika Berg, and Chris Beuerlein contribute across various corporate functions. The Risk Management function is a substantial division, headed by Nigel Murtagh as Executive Vice President of Corporate Risk and Chief Risk Officer. Managing Directors within this area include Bassel Korkor (Corporate Risk Management), Tracy Saale (Conduct Risk Management and Corporate Responsibility), Luna Joseph-Thomas (Technology Risk Management), Peter Holik (Finance Risk Management), Tara Pearson (Enterprise and Operational Risk Testing), John Dang, Lisa Nelson (First Line Risk Management), Deborah Chaffee (Risk, Control, and System Optimization), Kelli Huber (Operational Risk Management), Douglas G. (Deposit and Payment Risk Management), Andrei Egorov (Financial Risk Management), Geoffrey Dailey (WAS Risk and Governance), Howard C. Lee, Karim Stabile (Banking and Trust Services Risk Management), Kathleen Gushoney and Peter Campfield (Enterprise Risk Management), Nick Vassilos (Chief Risk Officer at Schwab Asset Management), Erin Amerlan (Enterprise and Operational Risk Management), James Shin (Risk), CJ Paul and Luna Joseph-Thomas (Technology Risk Management), Daniel Heid (Third Party Risk Management), and Leigh (Bothe) Shea (Legal Risk and Regulatory). The Information Technology division is led by Dennis H. (Chief Technology, Operations & Data Officer) and Jennifer Schmidt (Chief Information Officer). It includes Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Tim Heier, as well as managing directors like Chris Hambric (IT Audit), Garth Fourie, Susan Kirksey, Patrick Cassidy (CIO Fixed Income and Head of Global Trading and Capital Markets), Jim Dulebohn, and Chris Beuerlein. Specialized sub-functions under IT include Enterprise Architecture, where Rahul Arya serves as Managing Director; Data Management and Analytics, led by Chief Data Officer Katie Meyers, with Troy Sayers (Data, Analytics, and Business Insights), Jeb Avery (Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Implementation), and Natraj Kanamarlapudi (Data Engineering). Information Security encompasses roles such as Ryan P. Doherty (Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for Cybersecurity & AI), Tim Ulasewich (Information Security Risk Management), and managing directors overseeing Security Operations (Mohana Sasumana, Erik Crawford, Gary L. Nichols II, Chad Williamson, Mike Suba) and Identity and Access Management (Milind Kolapkar). The Application Development function includes managing directors like Sreedev Gowda, Douglas Coleman, Brent Lind, and the Software Engineering sub-group led by Jason Coleman and Nicky Joshi. IT Operations Management covers Tanya Morgan (Infrastructure Planning), Simon Indge (Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud), Peter Lehrach (Data Center Facilities and Critical Infrastructure), and Brandon Harroff (Cloud Services). The Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning function is headed by Hardeep Walia as Managing Director and Head of Firmwide AI, with support from Dennis Suppe and Varun Datta, while the Finance Technology function includes Gary Pollack as Managing Director and Head of IT Audit. The Compliance division is overseen by Chad Nichols, Chief Compliance Officer for Charles Schwab & Co., along with a team of managing directors and compliance officers including Michael Nathanson (SOX Compliance and Internal Control Audits), Mitchell Newhouse (Fund and Advisory Program Compliance), Sarah Iverson (Charles Schwab Futures and Forex), Chris LaTraille (Compliance Surveillance & Technology), Dmitry Weinstein and Phil Jerome (Compliance), Alyssa Huffman, Candice Aaron, Navit Jackson (Chief Compliance Officers), Kenneth M. Siegel (Trading and Operations Compliance), Mark Hunter (Schwab Asset Management, Schwab Funds, Schwab ETFs), Geraldine Ortiz (Tax Information Reporting, Policy and Compliance), and the Regulatory Compliance sub-function with Alexander Forostenko, Dean Jeske, and Tom Loveday. Internal Audit, under the GRC function, is managed by managing directors Stephanie Lee (Anti-Money Laundering), Madeline L. (Internal Audit), Lica Hartman (Professional Practices), Jessica Bramhall, James Jordan, Jodie Hausel (Internal Audit and Corporate Risk Management), Kristine Gaeta, and Tamra Block. The Finance function includes managing directors John Roth, Christy Silvanic, and Jonathan Craig, who also serves as Head of Retail Investing. Human Resources is represented by managing directors Debbie Graye and Stephanie Cunningham. The Marketing function is headed by Chief Marketing Officer Stacy Hammond, while the Operations function includes managing directors Jeff Starr and Jason Clague. Strategy is led by Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Nikhil Sudan. Other key corporate roles include Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Christopher Wyse, Director of Advisor Services Jon Beatty, Executive Vice President of International Services and Business Initiatives Lisa Hunt, Managing Director of Wealth & Advice Solutions Neesha Hathi, Chief Administrative Officer Shannon Jurecka, and Krystle Gonyo, Managing Director of Global Governance and Risk.