Michael Demissie

Michael leads Digital Assets Unit and Advanced Solutions Group at BNY Mellon. The Digital Assets Unit was recently established to accelerate development of solutions and capabilities that support clients’ evolving digital asset needs, including cryptocurrencies. After joining the bank in 2019, Michael has led Advanced Solutions group – an enterprise-level capability designed to define our strategic approach, build out and deploy our assets around artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and other emerging capabilities. Michael joined BNY Mellon from State Street, where he led transformation programs enabled by robotics and artificial intelligence.