Management

Global Diversity and Inclusion Council

Brian T. Shea

Chief Executive Officer, Pershing

Brian Shea is Chief Executive Officer of Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, providing leadership for all Pershing affiliates on a global basis. Mr. Shea is Chair of Pershing's Executive Committee and is a member of BNY Mellon's Executive Committee and Operating Committee. Previously, he was the president and chief operating officer of Pershing.

Mr. Shea currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Insured Retirement Institute. He has previously served on the Board of Governors of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, which is now the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.), the NASD Dispute Resolution Board, as chairman of the National Adjudicatory Council of the NASD, and as chairman of the NASD Membership Committee. He has also served on the NASD Variable Annuity Utility Task Force, the NASD Mutual Fund Breakpoint Task Force, the NASD Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing Task Force, the NASD Member Admission Review Committee, and the NASD District 10 (New York) Committee. Mr. Shea also served as chairman of the Securities Industry Association Membership Committee (SIA, which is now the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association or SIFMA), and served on the SIA New York District Committee. He is a two-time recipient of the chairman's award for distinguished service to the SIA.

Mr. Shea serves on the Board of Trustees of St. John's University, and on the Board of St. John's University's Institute for Catholic Schools. He is also a member of the Board of the Tomorrow's Hope Foundation. Mr. Shea previously served on the Board of Governors at St. John's University and as President of the School Board at St. Joseph's Primary School in Garden City, New York, and Notre Dame Primary School in New Hyde Park, New York.

Mr. Shea earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from St. John's University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Pace University. He has also completed the Securities Industry Institute® program, sponsored by SIFMA, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.