BNY Mellon IM chief Smits to become 30% Club global chair

Succeeds Ann Cairns in the role

Katrina Lloyd
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Hanneke Smits, CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management, is to become the fourth global chair of the 30% Club, which campaigns to increase the number of women at board and senior management levels of the world’s biggest companies.

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