Paul V. Woolway is Executive Vice President and President of Charles Schwab Bank, a federal savings bank, which offers retail consumer banking services, including lending solutions, credit cards and FDIC-insured banking products, including checking, savings and money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The Bank also has a Personal Trust Services division which provides Administrative Trustee services for trusts of clients of independent Registered Investment Advisors.
Woolway is responsible for the overall management of the Bank including strategy, operations, product management, and regulatory oversight. He partners with other leaders across Schwab to develop and deliver a full range of deposit and lending services. The overall goal for the Bank is to drive a compelling value proposition and create an exceptional client experience to help reinforce and deepen Schwab’s relationship with our clients.
Woolway has spent his entire career in the financial services sector and, for the past 12 years, he has held senior executive positions in the banking industry. Prior to joining Schwab, Woolway was Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Bank of the West. In this capacity, he was responsible for managing the central administrative functions of the bank, including Operations, Information Technology, Human Resources, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Community and Government Relations, and Corporate Real Estate. He also led the bank’s Product Strategy and Corporate Development departments and was responsible for banking strategy, project management, product delivery, and mergers and acquisitions.
Before joining Bank of the West, Woolway served for 10 years as a financial services industry consultant with Arthur Andersen/Accenture and KPMG, where he provided strategic and operational consulting services to major financial services companies throughout the world.
Woolway received his degree in accounting from Loyola Marymount University. He is a certified public accountant in the state of California. |
