BNY Mellon Elects Linda Cook, Jennifer Morgan As Independent Directors

(RTTNews) - BNY Mellon announced that its Board of Directors has elected Linda Z. Cook and Jennifer B. Morgan as independent directors, effective December 1, 2016.

With the addition of Cook and Morgan, BNY Mellon's Board will have 14 directors, 13 of whom are independent. Cook and Morgan will also be included in BNY Mellon's slate of nominees for election to the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Cook will join the Corporate Governance and Nominating and Risk Committees of BNY Mellon's Board of Directors.

Morgan will join the Audit and Technology Committees of BNY Mellon's Board of Directors.