The Bank of New York Mellon has expanded its alternative investment and broker dealer global client management division with the appointment of Julian Poodhun, Huw Rees and Kelly Wilson.

All three are based in London and report to David Aldrich, managing director, Europe, global client management financial institutions division.

Mr Poodhun, who assumes the role of lead client executive for the alternative investment sector, joins BNY Mellon from Merrill Lynch where he ran the prime brokerage sales group in Boston, as well as the international prime brokerage client services team in New York.

Mr Rees joins BNY Mellon’s broker dealer client management division as head of the client executive team for the investment banking sector in Europe. He was previously at Lehman Brothers, most recently as head of treasury operations for Lehman Brothers International (Europe) in administration, and prior to that as head of European creditor relations.

Ms Wilson, who works closely with Mr Rees as a client executive for broker dealers, also joins from Lehman Brothers. During her time at Lehmans, she held a number of positions in both London and New York, including relationship manager in creditor relations covering Nordic and French banks, structured credit and ABS sales, and European debt and equity investor relations

"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 Mr Aldrich.

BNY Mellon operates in 34 countries, serving over 100 markets. As at 31 March 2009 the company has $19.5 trillion in assets under custody and administration, and $881 billion in assets under management.