Pershing
Caroline O’Connell
Managing Director
Pershing, a BNY Mellon company
Caroline O’Connell is a Managing Director and a member of the Executive Committee for Pershing, a BNY Mellon company. In this role, she oversees Corporate Communications and Planning, Global Marketing and Product Management and Development departments. She joined Pershing’s MBA Program in 1991 and is responsible for creating and building Pershing’s marketing function.
Ms. O’Connell is a member of the Marketing Leadership Group at BNY Mellon. She is also a former co-chair of Pershing’s Diversity Advisory Board. Ms. O’Connell has received numerous leadership awards and has been twice honored as a Pershing Super Achiever.
Ms. O’Connell served on the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Private Client Services Committee for more than 10 years and is a past chairperson of the SIFMA Sales and Marketing Conference. She is a member of the Financial Communications Society and the Women’s Forum, Inc. of New York.
Ms. O’Connell earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education and a Master of Business Administration degree in Marketing from Old Dominion University. She has also completed the Securities Industry Institute® program, sponsored by SIFMA, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.