Karl Werwath
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Bank of the West – BNP Paribas
Karl Werwath serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Bank of the West and is a member of the Bank’s Executive Management Committee. In his role, he leads Information Technology, Information Security, E2E and Risk Operations, Enterprise Services, Process Reengineering, Project Management, and the Sourcing and Vendor Management teams. Previously, he held senior positions at Capital One Financial Corporation, including Managing Vice President /Executive Vice President of Commercial Bank Client Service and Digital Solutions; Retail and Direct Bank Digital Transformation; Retail, Small Business and Commercial Bank Operations; U.S. Credit Card Customer Operations and U.S. Credit Card Marketing Operations, in addition to other roles. Karl also held various roles at Motorola Inc., including Business Manager of White Oak Semiconductor in the U.S.; General Manager of the Energy Products Division in China; Operations Manager of the Industrial Electronic Division in England; and Product Manager of the Automotive Electronics Division in Italy and the U.S. Most importantly, Karl is the loving husband to Jeana and father to Scott and Katy. When not hard at work, you can find him on the bike
trails in Marin or walking his standard poodle, Nestle.