Published: January 9, 2009
BNY Mellon Asset Management, the global asset management arm of The Bank of New York Mellon, has appointed Thomas Connolly as managing director, head of asset management for the Middle East.
Connolly will be responsible for developing the asset management business in the region and will be based in the Bank of New York Mellon Dubai branch office at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), working alongside Aki Akiwumi-Thompson. He will report to Pauline Stuart, executive director of institutional business for EMEA. Connolly joins BNY Mellon Asset Management from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia), where he was responsible for the management of portfolios in both the equity and fixed income departments. Before his role at Adia, Connolly was a senior analyst in the equity research department at Bear Stearns in New York.