Wells Fargo taps Smith Barney vet to lead strategy

Eduardo Queen spent seven years at New York-based wirehouse
SEP 12, 2012
By  JKEPHART
Wells Fargo Advisors LLC on Wednesday announced the hiring of a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC veteran to handle the firm's business strategy. The St. Louis-based brokerage announced Eduardo Queen has been hired as strategy director for Wells Fargo Advisors, a position that had been vacant for some time. He will be responsible for refining and developing business strategies, according to the firm. Mr. Queen spent seven years working on strategies for high net worth clients and the mass affluent market at Citi and Smith Barney. Wells Fargo also announced Diane Gabriel, former managing director of the Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network Branch network, has been named to manager of the WellsTrade business, the brokerage firm's online trading platform.

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