In his role, Fisher will be the chief strategist, leader and senior representative for the company’s business groups with regulators and clients.
He will report to Christopher Sturdy, chairman of Asia Pacific, based at the company’s regional Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.
Malcolm Podmore, who has been serving as general manager since March, will assume the role of deputy general manager, in addition to his role as head of global operations for Japan, and locally report to Fisher.
Fisher has more than 35 years of experience in the asset management and securities servicing industry. He most recently served as consultant to Blue Sky Strategy, a UK-based hedge fund manager, specializing in the Middle East. He held a various senior management roles at Deutsche Bank, Natwest Securities, Tiger Management, BPB Associates and Morgan Stanley.
In September 2010, BNY Mellon announced plans to combine its Japanese operations into Marunouchi Trust Tower Main in Tokyo and will relocate to the new building in 2011.
BNY Mellon currently has approximately 240 employees located in Tokyo and plans to increase this by an additional 75 people over the next three years as its business grows.
