Brian Edwards is the Chief Compliance Officer for BlackArch with over 20 years in the financial services industry. 

Prior to joining the team, Mr. Edwards spent over five years at Wells Fargo and served as the Wells Fargo Securities Anti-Bribery & Corruption Program Manager and as manager for the Wells Fargo Securities Surveillance and Monitoring team within Compliance. 

Before joining Wells Fargo; Mr. Edwards spent thirteen years at Bank of America serving as a Compliance Manager with Banc of America Securities providing compliance coverage to fixed income institutional sales groups for six years.  Mr. Edwards also held various positions in the Middle and Back Office, and was a Supervisor of Registered Principals on the Centralized Supervisory Desk at Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. 

Prior to his tenure with Bank of America, Mr. Edwards spent five years with Bank of New York as an account manager in their Broker/Dealer Services group. In addition to Mr. Edwards’ financial services background, he is also a U.S. Navy Veteran and attended the City University of New York.

Mr. Edwards resides in Matthews with his wife and two sons.