Management

Global Diversity and Inclusion Council

Gerald L. Hassell

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Gerald L. Hassell is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, a global financial services company that focuses on providing investment management and investment services to institutions and high-net-worth individuals in more than 100 markets worldwide. As of March 31, 2012, the company had total assets of $300 billion and a market capitalization of $29 billion. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK).

The company has 48,000 employees and is a worldwide leader in investment management and investment services. It has $26.6 trillion in assets under custody and administration, $1.3 trillion in assets under management and services $11.9 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, 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 and named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2011.

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.