LONDON, April 27, 2009 — The Bank of New York Mellon has appointed Julian Poodhun, Huw Rees and Kelly Wilson to its alternative investment and broker dealer global client management division. They will be based in London and report to David Aldrich, managing director, Europe, global client management financial institutions division.

Julian joins The Bank of New York Mellon as the lead client executive for the alternative investment sector. Julian is responsible for providing the full range of the company's solutions to alternative investment fund managers. Julian had previously spent 9 years at Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for running the prime brokerage sales group in Boston as well as the international prime brokerage client services team in New York. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Julian held senior relationship management positions in custody and wealth management at Northern Trust and Barclays in London.

Huw Rees and Kelly Wilson have both joined the broker dealer client management division from Lehman Brothers. Huw is head of the client executive team for the investment banking sector in Europe and will be responsible for delivering the full range of the company's solutions to broker dealers. Huw previously spent eight years at Lehman where he was head of European creditor relations and more recently, head of treasury operations for Lehman Brothers International (Europe) in administration.

Kelly Wilson joins as a client executive for broker dealers and works closely with Huw Rees. Kelly spent seven years at Lehman Brothers in both London and New York, where she held a number of positions including relationship manager in creditor relations covering Nordic and French banks, structured credit and ABS sales, and European debt and equity investor relations. Most recently, Kelly worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers on the Lehman administration.

"The appointments of Julian, Huw and Kelly further strengthens our commitment to client management. We continue to expand due to a growing demand for our services from both alternative and investment banking clients and prospective customers," said David Aldrich. "This underlines our ability to deliver a full spectrum of products and services to the sector, from across the bank, as clients seek continuity, transparency and security in these uncertain times."

The Bank of New York Mellon is a leading private equity and hedge fund administrator with an extensive global presence, including locations in Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom, as well as US offices in California, Florida, New Jersey and New York. In addition to alternative fund administration the company offers a wide range of cash management, foreign exchange, collateral management, trust, operational outsourcing and custody services to the hedge fund industry.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 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. The company 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 worldwide client-focused team. It has $19.5 trillion in assets under custody and administration, $881 billion in assets under management, services more than $11 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global payments averaging $1.8 trillion per day. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.