The Dreyfus Corporation announces that Dwight Jacobsen has joined Dreyfus as Executive Vice President and Head of Intermediary Sales. Jacobsen will become a member of the Dreyfus Operating Committee and Senior Management Committee, effective immediately.
“Growing US intermediary business through Dreyfus is one of BNY Mellon Asset Management’s most important strategic objectives,” says Jon Baum, chief executive officer of The Dreyfus Corporation and a member of the Executive Committee of BNY Mellon Asset Management. “
Dwight Jacobsen’s distribution expertise, industry reputation and proven sales leadership will enable the firm to better intensify its focus on intermediary clients. Having had the privilege of working with Dwight in the past, I have seen first-hand that he will continue Dreyfus’ evolution as a first-class distribution firm.”
A senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, Jacobsen joins Dreyfus most recently from Pioneer Investments where he headed relationship management and strategic alliances. Jacobsen served as the primary contact for senior executives for the largest accounts in the retail and sub-advised business units and greatly expanded the access and assets under management for the major broker-dealer platforms. Jacobsen also held senior posts at Scudder. Prior to Scudder, Jacobsen was with Putnam for 10 years, responsible for all financial advisor business, exceeding sales goals each year, and consistently performing as the #1 distribution channel at Putnam. Jacobsen began his career in this business as a wholesaler with Van Kampen Merritt, where he wholesaled 10 states on the West Coast and then seven states in the Northeast.
Jacobsen holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Taylor University and is NASD-licensed for Series 7, 24, 51, 63 and 65. Jacobsen serves on the Sales and Marketing Committee of the Investment Company Institute (ICI), is a member of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay and is a former Board member of the New York City Rescue Mission.