BNY Mellon has appointed Roman Regelman to a new role as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Digital, effective September 17, 2018. Mr. Regelman will report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Charles W. Scharf, and will join the firm's Executive Committee, BNY Mellon's senior-most governing body.

In this position, Mr. Regelman will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for the firm's digital future and investing in client and internal digital capabilities, including data management, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics. He will build a new global team across the company, developing and attracting top digital talent.

"BNY Mellon is looking at new ways to provide services to our clients and drive dramatically improved quality and efficiency. Roman is a digital transformation expert who will enable us to be bolder in our approach and more consistently find better solutions for our clients. He is passionate about finding new ways of working, and his deep knowledge of the financial services space will help us accelerate our growth," said Mr. Scharf.

Mr. Regelman brings over 25 years of experience in digital, operations and management consulting and launched several fintechs. Most recently, he was a Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he co-led their Financial Institutions Digital business. Prior to BCG, he drove Booz and Company's Transformation business in financial services.

Mr. Regelman is a frequent author and commentator on leading financial services industry trends.