Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ben Sielen is a director at Wells Fargo Securities. In his role at Wells Fargo Securities, Ben Sielen focuses primarily on high-grade corporate bonds with a niche expertise in the insurance space. He is also involved in developing, executing, and refining new risk models and fin tech.
In addition to his leadership responsibilities at Wells Fargo Securities, Ben Sielen was a vice president at Wachovia Securities. In this position, he draws on his extensive experience with high-quality and corporate bonds, with a focus on using hedging strategies to optimize returns and mitigate risk. A few of his past positions include convertible bond and convertible preferred stock market making. He started his trading career trader with First Union Securities after First Union purchased Everen Securities in 1999.
Mr. Sielen was a student-athlete at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He played for the university’s hockey team before graduating with his finance degree. Away from his work in finance, he spends time supporting various autism research and awareness organizations.