Peter Williams is the COO of Engineering and Technology team at Allspring Global Investments (formerly Wells Fargo Asset Management). In this role, he is responsible for overall business management for the 300+ employees and contractors of the ET organization along with key relationships with partners across Finance, Marketing & Communications and Human Resources. He represents the Allspring technology platform externally to clients and consultants and aims to embed our culture in the tech ecosystem in the communities in which we operate while working alongside senior management to formulate the firm’s go-forward technology strategy.
Peter joined Allspring from BlackRock where he most recently served as Head of Community Strategy & Engagement for BlackRock’s Atlanta Innovation Hub. In 2018, he co-ran the site selection for BlackRock’s newest innovation hub in North America. Before that, he served as Chief of Staff to BlackRock’s CTO and Head of Software Engineering in New York.
In the first 10 years of his career, Peter filled numerous roles across institutional client relationship management, global consultant relations, US retail sales and defined contribution client service in both New York and San Francisco. He began his investment industry career as a summer analyst at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) in 2006 during the same year of BlackRock’s acquisition of MLIM.
Peter and his husband, Matthew, reside in Atlanta where they are both active in the community. Since 2019, Peter has served on the Board of Directors for WABE, Atlanta’s home for NPR. Peter graduated from Leadership Atlanta in 2022, one of the oldest executive-level community leadership development programs in the nation.
Peter earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy studies and markets and management studies from Duke University.