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On the Path to the Corner Office: "Express your point of view. Lead from where you are."

CAO and WIN Co-Chair Jean Wynn on IWD
Mar 7, 2014 4:15 PM ET
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Jean Wynn is a Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of BNY Mellon's Office of the President. In this role she provides oversight for companywide initiatives in the areas of organizational development, sales effectiveness and employee engagement. Wynn is also head of Global Strategic Sales, and manages the support team for the company's Senior Client Executives in Global Client Management. Additionally, she leads BNY Mellon’s Global Innovation program.

If you had 5 minutes with an inspirational woman leader what could you find out?

In celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month in the U.S., BNY Mellon's executives share their career insights and perspectives on their journey to the corner office. These dedicated leader-coaches share many common traits and values, reflecting how BNY Mellon has become the Investments Company for the World.

 Today, Jean Wynn shares the five things I would tell my 21-year-old self if I were just getting started:

  1. Set ambitious goals — stretch yourself.
  2. Work for people you admire and can learn from. Once you stop learning, it is time to move.
  3. Be confident, you have more to offer than you think.
  4. Express your point of view. This leads to visibility and credibility.
  5. Lead, no matter what level you are. Your passion and positive attitude will inspire others and work will be fulfilling and fun!

  Jean Wynn is a Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of BNY Mellon's Office of the President.  In this role she provides oversight for companywide initiatives in the areas of organizational development, sales effectiveness and employee engagement. Wynn is also head of Global Strategic Sales, and manages the support team for the company's Senior Client Executives in Global Client Management. Additionally, she leads BNY Mellon’s Global Innovation program.

  Wynn joined BNY Mellon in 1980 as a management trainee and has had a variety of business development and management roles within the company’s international banking sector, covering clients in Asia Pacific and Europe. This included serving on the International Risk Management Committee. Wynn also managed a group within Global Client Management responsible for the relationship management and enterprise-wide business development with the US offices of European and Asia Pacific financial institutions. She also led the Global Account Management and Structured (MBS, ABS & CDO) Sales teams within our Corporate Trust division. Prior to her appointment as Chief Administrative Officer for the President of BNY Mellon, she served in the same role for BNY Mellon’s Financial Markets & Treasury Services Sector.

 Wynn is a member of the company’s Operating Committee, Enterprise Product Management Group and Revenue Growth Board. She also serves as co-chair of BNY Mellon’s Women’s Initiatives Network (WIN) and is a co-founder of the Women’s Wall Street Association. For its success in promoting the advancement of women in the company, the leaders of BNY Mellon's WIN were named a Top Team (2009) by American Banker magazine / U.S. Banker as part of the annual review of the most powerful women on Wall Street.

Born on Long Island, New York, Jean lived in Tokyo for four years of her childhood at which time she attended the Sacred Heart International School in Hiroo. She graduated summa cum laude from Marymount College (now Fordham University) in Tarrytown, New York.