BNY MELLON
Global Head od Digital Assets

As the Global Head of BNY Mellon’s Digital Asset business, Caroline Butler leads all commercial digital assets initiatives globally for the Bank. With a focus on delivering value to clients, Caroline is responsible for overseeing the digital asset platform strategy, new product development and delivery, and go-to-market efforts for all digital asset products and services across the enterprise. Caroline also serves on BNY Mellon’s European bank board.

Previously, Caroline was Global Head of Custody Services for BNY Mellon, the world’s largest custodian, and oversaw approximately $46 trillion in assets under custody for a diverse set of global clients. She also led the development of the industry’s first direct, digital asset custody platform for traditional and digital assets from a global systemically important bank.

Caroline’s professional experience spans a range of investment services and trading businesses, centered on running and transforming businesses with expertise in equities, futures and options clearing and securities services. Prior to BNY Mellon, she held leadership roles at J.P. Morgan, including head of Global Custody Product for the Americas and Head of Global Clearing & Collateral Management Product Development. A first-generation Irish with a global leadership perspective, Caroline is currently based in New York and has previously worked in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo.

Caroline is the co-chair of the CFTC Global Markets Advisory Council’s Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee, which is focused on identifying and assessing key issues and policy proposals with respect to digital asset markets, including digital finance and tokenization of assets, non-financial activities and Web3, and blockchain technology. She also serves on the board of directors for Access Fintech and the International Securities Services Association (ISSA). Caroline holds an undergraduate degree from University of Galway and a post-graduate degree from the Fitzwilliam Institute of Business, Ireland.