Jane Hennessy

Jane is an independent banking and payments consultant for global, regional and community financial services organizations. She works on a variety of projects including strategy, marketing and branding, website re-design, training and product development. Jane is on the Board of Directors of Oak Financial Software Corporation, a start-up focused on mobile international financial services products for Hispanics. She is also serving at the Chief Compliance Officer for the company. Jane retired in 2012 as Executive Vice President and Manager, Marketing, Strategy and Information Management, Cross-sell and International Personal Banking in the International Group, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Her responsibilities included marketing and strategy for all lines of international business including trade services and trade finance, foreign exchange, correspondent banking, international treasury management, international personal banking. Prior to this position, Jane was a Group Personnel Manager in Wells Fargo’s Wholesale Banking Group. She worked at Wells Fargo for nearly twenty two years. Jane was recently a member of the West Coast Advisory Board for the Institute of International Education. She was the immediate past Chair of the Global Payments Forum. She has spoken extensively at conferences on topics including payments, authentication and retail banking.

Experience

Executive Vice President : Wells Fargo - [1990-08 to 2012-05]
Managed marketing, strategy, information management and cross-sell for the International Group. Also managed International Personal Banking, a virtual retail branch for international consumers and WellsSecure, an identity management business. Led three significant mergers for the International Group.

Chief Compliance Officer : Oak Financial Software Corporation - []
I am on the Board of Directors and serve as the Chief Compliance Officer of Oak Financial Software Corporation, a start-up focused on providing mobile financial services to underbanked Hispanics.

International Banking/Payments Consultan : Independent Consultant - []
Consult with a variety of financial institutions on strategy, marketing and product development and implementation. Conduct training for financial institutions and government agencies on international payments, as well as topics such as communication skills and business etiquette.

Education

MBA, Business : Leavey School of Business (at Santa Clara University )

MA, psychology : Michigan State University

BA, Mathematics : Michigan State University