Hong Kong, November 8th 2012 - BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment servicing, has appointed Wendy Lim as Regional Head of Business Development for Asia-Pacific Investment Management. Based in Singapore, Lim will report into Jane Caire, Head of Strategy, Development, Product and Marketing.

In this new regional role, Lim will be instrumental in supporting the firm's growth and business development across Asia-Pacific. Lim joins the BNY Mellon Investment Management Executive Committee and BNY Mellon's Asia-Pacific Operating Committee.

"Asia-Pacific is strategically a very important market for BNY Mellon and we are very serious in our ambitions to become one of the premier investment management firms in the region," said Alan Harden, Asia-Pacific CEO of BNY Mellon's investment management business. "Wendy is considered one of the pioneers in the wealth management industry in Singapore and in Asia and we are thrilled she is joining our team."

Re-disseminated by The Asian Banker