Lewis Takes on New Role at Wells

Robert Lewis, currently senior vice president of institutional lending sales, has assumed a new leadership role in wholesale lending as division manager for the Central Region at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.Wells also has confirmed that it has hired David Stevens, previously a senior vice president at Freddie Mac, to lead the sales, institutional lending branch operations and client support functions in its wholesale business line. MortgageWire had learned on May 23 that Mr. Stevens had left Freddie for the post at Wells. Prior to joining Freddie Mac in 1998, Mr. Stevens was a group senior vice president and national loan manager at World Savings of Oakland, Calif. He is based at Wells Fargo's McLean, Va., wholesale office. Institutional lending works with mortgage brokers, bankers and mortgage companies to buy and close their mortgage loans.