BNY Mellon has appointed Thom Fisher as general manager of the company’s Tokyo branch and country executive for Japan.
Fisher will serve as the chief strategist, leader and senior representative for the company’s business groups with regulators and clients in the country. He will report to Christopher Sturdy, chairman of Asia Pacific, based at the companys regional Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.
Malcolm Podmore, who has been serving as general manager since March, will assume the role of deputy general manager, in addition to his role as head of global operations for Japan, and report locally to Fisher.
Fisher has more than 35 years experience in the asset management and securities servicing industry having held a wide range of senior management roles at Deutsche Bank, Natwest Securities Limited, Tiger Management, BPB Associates and Morgan Stanley. He was most recently a consultant to Blue Sky Strategy Limited, a UK-based hedge fund manager, specializing in the Middle East region.