BNY Mellon Names Chief Technology Officer

Sabet Elias joins BNY Mellon as chief technology officer after more than seven years in the same role for sales and trading within the global banking and markets division at Bank of America. He has more than 20 years’ experience in building and operating trading technology, having also formerly been chief technology officer and global head of electronic trading infrastructure at Citigroup. At Citigroup, Elias was responsible for strategy, architecture and a cross-asset platform that enables consistent pricing and risk calculations throughout the entire technology stack. Prior to his time at Citigroup, Elias was chief technology officer at Lehman Brothers for more than eight years. He will be based in New York and will report to senior executive vice president and chief information officer, Bridget Engle.