BNY Mellon Appoints Roath to Client Management Role In Asia Pacific

BNY Mellon has appointed Gregory Roath as Asia-Pacific head of global client management. Roath replaces Eleni Wang who was appointed Asia-Pacific head of investment services last year.

In his new role Roath will report to Steve Lackey, Asia-Pacific chairman. Roath will work closely with each of the businesses and country executives across the region to ensure BNY Mellon continues to understand, anticipate and exceed the expectations of clients and regulators, BNY Mellon says. He remains on BNY Mellon’s Asia-Pacific executive committee and Asia-Pacific operating committee.

Roath joined BNY Mellon in New York in 1999, working in both product management and Western European relationship management. In 2001 he moved to London and spent seven years managing new business development and client relationships in Central Europe, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. He moved to Hong Kong in 2008 to oversee the depositary receipts (DR) business in North Asia where he was responsible for the region’s relationship management and new business development teams. In 2010 he was promoted to Asia-Pacific head of DRs.

Roath is succeeded in his role by Neil Atkinson, who joined BNY Mellon’s London office in 2006. Atkinson moved to Hong Kong in 2011 to assume responsibility for product development and strategy in Asia Pacific. In addition he was Head of BNY Mellon’s DR business in India. Atkinson joins BNY Mellon’s Asia-Pacific executive committee and the DR senior management team, led by Christopher Kearns, chief executive officer of BNY Mellon’s DR business based in New York.

Lackey says: “Asia represents a dynamic and growing market, and we see many exciting opportunities in the region. We continue to gain market share and benefit from the steady investments we are making to help Asian institutions succeed at every stage of the investment lifecycle.”

BNY Mellon’s Kearns added: “DRs continue to prove to be an effective way for companies to raise capital in the region. We see great opportunities from Asia-Pacific issuers this year as improved sentiment and climbing equity prices continue to draw issuers back to global markets for their capital needs. Neil brings many years of experience and strong international credentials to his new role, and is the ideal candidate to build upon Greg’s many achievements and continue to drive our DR business forward in the region.”