Bank of New York Mellon Hires Former Visa Head as C.E.O.<br />“Charlie is ideally suited to lead BNY Mellon through the next phase of growth.”<br />Before joining Visa, Mr. Scharf, 52, was a managing director of One Equity Partners, JPMorgan Chase’s private investment arm,<br />and served as chief executive of its retail financial services business from 2004 to 2011<br />By CHAD BRAYJULY 17, 2017<br />Bank of New York Mellon said on Monday that it had hired Charles W. Scharf, the former top executive of Visa<br />and a veteran banker with experience at Citigroup, Bank One and JPMorgan Chase, as its new chief executive.<br />“Under Charlie’s leadership, Visa transformed its technology platform by opening access to its network<br />and capabilities, partnered with the world’s leading technology companies to drive new payment experiences, introduced new technologies to improve payment system security and built a world-class management team,” Mr. Hassell said in a news release.