Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
BNY Mellon

Gerald L. Hassell is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon, a global financial services growth company operating in 36 countries and serving institutions and high-net-worth individuals in more than 100 markets worldwide.  As of June 30, 2011, the company had total assets of $278 billion and a market capitalization of $32 billion. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK). 

The company has nearly 50,000 employees and is a worldwide leader in investment management and investment services. It has $26.3 trillion in assets under custody and administration, $1.3 trillion in assets under management and services $11.8 trillion in outstanding debt.  BNY Mellon has consistently been ranked among America’s Most Admired Companies, as compiled by Fortune magazine.  

Since joining The Bank of New York’s management development program more than three decades ago, Mr. Hassell has had direct management responsibility for the company's broad range of investment services businesses, including asset servicing and issuer, broker-dealer, treasury and clearing services. He also oversees client management across the company’s global businesses, as well as operations and technology. He was named to The Bank of New York’s executive committee in 1994, and named president and elected to its Board of Directors in 1998. 

Mr. Hassell holds an MBA in finance from the New York University Stern School of Business and a BA in economics from Duke University.

Mr. Hassell is also on the Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation. Until recently he chaired the Board of Visitors of The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and now serves on the Board of Trustees of Duke University. In addition he is on the Board of Visitors of Columbia University Medical Center and the boards of the New York Philharmonic, the Economic Club of New York and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. He is also a member of The Financial Services Roundtable and Financial Services Forum and is Vice Chairman of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York.