Lisa B. Peters
Chief Human Resources Officer
Lisa Peters is Chief Human Resources Officer for BNY Mellon. She is a member of the company's Executive Committee, the organization's most senior management body, which oversees day-to-day operations. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK).
As Chief Human Resources Officer, Ms. Peters is responsible for all human resources policies and practices supporting the company's 40,000-plus world-wide employees, including leading the effort to attract and retain key talent. She held the same position at Mellon Financial Corporation prior to its July 2007 merger with The Bank of New York Company, Inc.
Ms. Peters joined Mellon in 1982, and advanced through a variety of management positions in several functional areas, including human resources, legal and corporate affairs, special banking services, and retail risk management and compliance. In 1999, Ms. Peters was appointed special assistant to the chairman, whom she directly supported on complex and diverse issues affecting the corporation and its businesses. Her scope of activity included comprehensive business planning and analysis, assessment of the business environment and potential risks, evaluation of internal control processes and strategic issue identification.
Ms. Peters began her career as a consultant and account representative with Comshare, Inc. (now Extensity), where she consulted with Human Resources directors of Fortune 500 companies on state-of-the-art products in the emerging field of relational data management.
A summa cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Ms. Peters holds bachelor's degrees in business management and psychology. She is a member of The Conference Board's advisory council on human resources management, the Alpha Group of Human Resources Executives, the Pittsburgh Executive HR Council and the Executive Women's Group of Pittsburgh. As the executive chair, she led BNY Mellon's participation in the 2008 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in New York City. In 2008, Ms. Peters was honored by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as its Human Capital Business Leader of the Year, and was named a 2009 Women of Excellence and Achievement honoree by the United Way of New York City Women United in Philanthropy. Additionally, she was recently named an HR Leader of the Year by the HR Leadership Forum and The Pittsburgh Business Times.