Leonique van Houwelingen named Chief Executive Officer

BRUSSELS, 17 April 2018 - BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, today announced new executive and director appointments for its European banking subsidiary The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV ('European bank'). The following changes remain subject to applicable approvals, including regulatory approval:

  • Leonique van Houwelingen has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the European bank effective as of 1 April 2018. Leonique van Houwelingen previously served as an executive board member of the European bank and held the positions of Asset Servicing Business Head for Continental Europe and Country Executive for The Netherlands. She replaces Laura Ahto who is relocating to the United States to assume the role of Chief Administration Officer for BNY Mellon's global asset servicing business.
  • Dan Watkins, Head of Markets for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, will join the European bank's Board of Directors as non-executive director. He will replace former BNY Mellon EMEA Chairman Michael Cole-Fontayn who retired on December 15, 2017.
  • Todd Gibbons, Vice Chairman of BNY Mellon and Chief Executive Officer of Clearing, Markets and Client Management, will also join the European bank's Board of Directors as non-executive director. He will assume the position previously held by Jim Wiener, BNY Mellon's Chief Risk Officer.

Leonique van Houwelingen

The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV is headquartered in Brussels and currently has branches in Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Luxembourg, Milan and Paris. Known as BNY Mellon's European bank, it is the legal entity from which several of BNY Mellon's investment servicing solutions are provided in Europe, including asset servicing, corporate trust and global markets products.

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This press release is issued by The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV to members of the financial press and media. All information and figures source BNY Mellon unless otherwise stated as at December 31, 2017. The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV is a Belgian limited liability company (société anonyme/naamloze vennootschap), with V.A.T. number BE 0806.743.159 and company number 0806.743.159 Brussels RPM-RPR, with registered office at 46 Rue Montoyerstraat, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium, authorized and regulated as a credit institution by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB), and a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, with head office at 225 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10286 U.S.A.

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