LONDON, Sept. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon
has named Niamh De Niese Director and Head of its EMEA Innovation
Centre, based in London. As head
of the centre, De Niese will expand the innovative solutions
delivered via BNY Mellon's NEXEN digital platform, driving client
engagement and building relationships with the region's burgeoning
fintech community.
BNY Mellon's EMEA Innovation Centre provides a collaborative
environment for cross-business client experience delivery and
technology teams to partner with client companies and fintechs to
explore and rapidly prototype new solutions to help clients solve
their most complex problems and create value.
"Our network of global innovation centres is a core part of BNY
Mellon's NEXEN digital transformation strategy," said Lucille Mayer, Global Head of Innovation and
Client Experience Delivery at BNY Mellon. "Our EMEA Innovation
Centre is ideally located to be a catalyst centre for new solutions
that we can envision and develop alongside our clients and
fintechs. Under Niamh's leadership, we anticipate a step-wise
increase in collaborative innovation in financial services."
De Niese has held a number of senior technology and innovation
leadership positions in the financial services and consulting
industries. Most recently, she was Head of Visa's European
innovation labs in London,
Berlin and Tel Aviv where she set the innovation strategy
and delivery methodology for all digital innovation client
co-creation and thought leadership projects across the company. She
holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science and
Business from University College Cork.
One of BNY Mellon's six innovation centres based around the
world, the EMEA Innovation Centre opened in October 2015. In addition to the EMEA centre, BNY
Mellon operates innovation centres in Pune and Chennai in India, and in Jersey
City, N.J., Silicon Valley (Palo Alto), Calif. and
Pittsburgh, Pa. in the United States. Additional centres will
soon open in Oriskany, N.Y. and
Singapore.
BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping
its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout
the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for
institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon
delivers informed investment management and investment services in
35 countries and more than 100 markets. As of June 30, 2016, BNY Mellon had $29.5 trillion in assets under custody and/or
administration, and $1.7 trillion in
assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of
contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage,
service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the
corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:
BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com.
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Malcolm.Borthwick@bnymellon.com
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