In her role, Plaza-Charres will be responsible for sales and relationship management throughout the Latin American region.

She will focus on covering all internal BNY Mellon channels with businesses in the region, enriching relationships with key clients and partners in the region and bolstering the corporate brand.

Plaza-Charres will report to Latin America Region Head for International Wealth Management Isaac Barrocas and work closely with the head of Institutional Client Development, Paul Sari.

Plaza-Charres brings 20 years of experience and knowledge of the asset management business to this newly-created role at BNY Mellon.

Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Plaza-Charres held a number of progressively responsible positions with BlackRock and was most recently director for the firm’s private banking channel for the Americas region.