BNY Mellon Wealth Management has continued a raft of recent hires with the addition of Catherine Irby Arnold as senior director in Seattle, WA.

In her newly-created role, Arnold will focus on business development for what the firm believes are two key growth areas for the region: middle-market mergers and acquisitions planning for businesses, and trust services for multigenerational family wealth. She reports to regional director James Barnyak.

Prior to joining BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Arnold was a team leader for the northwest region and a private client advisor at The Private Bank of Union Bank in Seattle. She previously served as national sales and marketing manager of the managed asset group at McDonald Investments/Key Bank.

Yesterday, BNY Mellon Wealth Management hired Bill Jarry as director for business development, focused on ultra high net worth clients in the greater Boston, MA, region. The firm also appointed Shei Unger to the newly-created role of director for the Texas region. Based in Dallas, TX, he reports to David Emmes, president of western US markets. The moves came a week after the New York-listed firm laid out big hiring plans for wealth management.

The plans involve adding up to 100 people to the wealth management business, bringing its sales force to around 150 and hiring around 10 private and mortgage bankers, the New York-listed firm announced last week.