Wayne M. Hewett

Director since 2019

Senior Advisor, Permira, and Chair, Cambrex Corporation

Wayne M. Hewett has served as an advisor to Permira, a global private equity firm, since March 2018. He has been Chair of Cambrex Corporation, a company involved in research, development, and manufacture of small molecule therapeutics, since December 2019, and he has served on the board of directors of Lytx Inc., a telematics company, since January 2021. From February 2018 until December 2021, Mr. Hewett was Chair of DiversiTech Corporation, a leading aftermarket manufacturer and distributor of HVAC products. From August 2015 to November 2017, he was CEO of Klöckner Pentaplast Group, a packaging company. Mr. Hewett was president and CEO of Arysta LifeScience Corporation, which at the time was one of the world’s largest privately held crop protection and life science companies, from January 2010 until Arysta's acquisition by Platform Specialty Products Corporation in February 2015, where he served as president until August 2015. Mr. Hewett's career has also included more than 20 years with General Electric Company, including as vice president, Supply Chain and Operations, president and CEO of GE Advanced Materials, president and CEO of GE Silicones, president of GE Plastics Pacific, president of GE Toshiba Silicones, and member of GE’s Corporate Executive Council. He currently serves on the board of directors of The Home Depot, Inc. and United Parcel Service, Inc.

Wells Fargo Board Committees:  Governance and Nominating Committee (Chair), Human Resources Committee, and Risk Committee