Bill E. Sappington is an executive vice president and head of private banking for BNY Mellon Wealth Management. In this role, he oversees private banking in all of the company’s markets throughout the country and is responsible for leading the expansion and successful implementation and delivery of banking services to private clients. Mr. Sappington is a member of BNY Mellon’s Operating Committee. This committee, which comprises the firm’s top executives, executes strategies and implements policies. He also serves on the board of I₃ Advisers, a Canadian affiliate of BNY Mellon Wealth Management located in Toronto.

Mr. Sappington joined the firm in 2007, with more than 25 years of experience in private banking and lending. Most recently he was with Bear Stearns, where he was the head of credit and lending for the Private Client Services group. Prior to that, he was with Merrill Lynch as the head of global securities-based lending with the firm’s Global Banking group.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and is a graduate of The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania’s Executive Leadership Program.