BNY Mellon Wealth Management has hired veteran banker Lisa Simington to manage the company's private banking business for the Southeast U.S., covering Florida and Georgia.  Simington, a longtime Atlanta resident now based in Tampa, Fla., will report to Tom Roberts, managing director in the Private Banking Group headed by National Director Bill Sappington.

"Lisa's considerable experience and talent allow us to press on with our commitment to expanding our private banking and wealth management operations throughout Georgia and Florida," said Sappington. "BNY Mellon Wealth Management expects to add as many as nine additional private banking staff in coming months."

Since August 2009, the wealth manager has hired a half dozen people for a range of positions in its Southeast region and several more across the U.S. Furthermore, as a sign of Georgia's growing importance to the company's strategic growth, last fall BNY Mellon created a new position--chairman for the state of Georgia-which was filled by senior portfolio manager Dana Halberg.

Simington has more than 20 years of experience in banking and financial services and worked with Wachovia Bank in both Florida and Georgia for nearly 18 years.  Her last position at Wachovia was as wealth management director for the state of Georgia.  Additionally, Simington worked with Goldman Sachs in Atlanta.  Her team was responsible for serving high ultra high net worth clients. Most recently Simington was managing director of wealth and investment management for SunTrust Bank in Tampa.

Simington grew up in Florida, earned a Bachelors of Science in Finance from the University of Florida and is a certified financial planner.

Among many community groups she has supported, Simington was active in Atlanta as an advisory board member for Teach for America and Children's Healthcare. She also supported the Woodruff Arts Center and the United Way and is an alumna of both Leadership Atlanta and Leadership Tampa Bay.  She lives in Tampa and has three children.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management is among the nation's leading wealth managers, with more than two centuries of experience in providing investment management, wealth and estate planning, and private banking services to financially successful individuals and families, their family offices and business enterprises, charitable gift programs, and endowments and foundations. It is among the top 10 U.S. wealth managers with about $151 billion in private client assets and an extensive network of offices in the U.S. and internationally.

BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. BNY Mellon is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a world wide client-focused team. It has $22.1 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $966 billion in assets under management, services $11.9 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global payments averaging $1.6 trillion per day. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.