Alexis Acevedo
Fort Mill,SC
Summary
Dynamic investment risk leader with extensive experience at Wells Fargo, excelling in risk assessment and regulatory compliance. Proven track record in managing due diligence processes and mentoring teams, driving robust investment strategies across diverse asset classes. Adept at stakeholder engagement, ensuring alignment with firm-wide risk appetite and enhancing operational frameworks.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Investment Risk Officer, Executive Director
Wells Fargo Operational Risk
Charlotte, NC
02.2022 - Current
- Oversee enterprise-wide investment and operational risk governance for external manager due diligence across multiple WIM business lines, ensuring alignment with firm-wide risk appetite, regulatory expectations, and senior-level risk committee standards.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of risk analysts responsible for ongoing due diligence, strengthening control discipline, elevating documentation quality, and ensuring product risk ratings are grounded in rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis.
- Influence senior stakeholders and front-line leaders in risk-based product approval decisions for mutual funds, alternatives, illiquid vehicles, and complex strategies, ensuring transparent risk escalation, and consistent application of WIM’s product governance framework.
- Contribute to the design and governance of enterprise-level oversight frameworks for WIM’s Global Securities Research and Alternative Investments teams, and Wells Fargo Advisors’ 4,000-product Allowable List, strengthening control effectiveness, documentation standards, and accountability across WIM’s product ecosystem.
Senior Investment Analyst, SVP
Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII)
03.2016 - 02.2022
- Led due diligence and risk assessments on more than 50 liquid alternatives, hedge funds, and private capital strategies, representing over $3B in client assets, strengthening manager selection discipline, and enhancing Wells Fargo's risk-aligned investment review process.
- Mentored and developed junior analysts, elevating team capabilities in quantitative analysis, workflow management, and manager risk assessment, and contributing to a stronger, more scalable due diligence function.
- Operated as the risk and investment subject matter expert for global macro and private real estate strategies, while providing cross-coverage across multi-strategy, relative value, and equity hedge categories to ensure consistent evaluation and risk escalation.
Director of Portfolio Management
Dearborn Capital Management, LLC
04.2014 - 03.2016
- Directed portfolio management, manager sourcing, due diligence, and risk monitoring activities for portfolios valued at more than $800M across four multi-manager investment vehicles, strengthening oversight discipline, and ensuring alignment with the firm’s risk and return objectives.
- Served as a key member of Dearborn’s Investment Committee, contributing to firm-wide decisions on manager onboarding, new product launches, risk reporting and monitoring standards, and enhancements to research and governance processes.
- Managed and developed one direct analyst and multiple interns, overseeing day-to-day responsibilities, strengthening their analytical capabilities, and ensuring high-quality risk and due diligence outputs.
Portfolio Manager
Dearborn Capital Management, LLC
03.2008 - 04.2014
- Designed and implemented a structured due diligence process for evaluating leading global macro managers, strengthening consistency, transparency, and risk-aligned manager assessments.
- Developed and enhanced automated processes for aggregating, monitoring, and reporting portfolio holdings and risks within a proprietary, systematic framework, improving data quality, control rigor, and oversight efficiency.
Investment Analyst
AlphaMetrix Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC
04.2006 - 03.2008
- Developed a research process designed to review and qualify trading managers in the Commodity Trading Advisor, Foreign Exchange, and Hedge Fund arenas for placement on AlphaMetrix's multi-manager investment platform.
- Captained a dedicated research team responsible for delivering quantitative and qualitative due diligence on more than 80 alternative investment managers, enhancing oversight rigor, documentation quality, and the reliability of manager risk assessments.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics Major and Spanish Minor
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
Brunswick, Maine05-2004
Skills
- Risk assessment
- Due diligence
- Investment analysis
- Risk monitoring
- Team leadership
- Operational risk
- Regulatory compliance
- Portfolio management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Effective communication
- Mentoring Junior analysts
Designations
- CHARTERED ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT ANALYST (CAIA), Charterholder since 2014
- CFA INVESTMENT FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM, Completed in 2020
Timeline
Lead Investment Risk Officer, Executive Director
Wells Fargo Operational Risk
02.2022 - Current
Senior Investment Analyst, SVP
Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII)
03.2016 - 02.2022
Director of Portfolio Management
Dearborn Capital Management, LLC
04.2014 - 03.2016
Portfolio Manager
Dearborn Capital Management, LLC
03.2008 - 04.2014
Investment Analyst
AlphaMetrix Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC
04.2006 - 03.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Economics Major and Spanish Minor
BOWDOIN COLLEGE