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Leigh-ann Russell

Chief Information Officer & Global Head of Engineering, Bny Mellon

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Recent appearances

  • Why this banking giant is turning to AI to REINVENT finance

    August 18, 2026 · 📺 Fox Business Clips

    BNY's Leigh-Ann Russell and Eric Boughner join ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss the company's 150-year legacy in Pittsburgh, investing in next-gen AI talent and modernizing private market infrastructure with advanced technology. Subscribe to Fox Business: https://bit.ly/2D9Cdse Watch more Fox Business Video: https://video.foxbusiness.com Watch Fox Business Network Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York — the business cap…

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  • Bloomberg Invest: BNY Chief Information Officer on 'Digital Employees' & Internal AI Platform

    March 03, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Podcasts

    Leigh-Ann Russell, BNY Chief Information Officer and Global Head of Engineering, discusses the firm's internal AI platform Eliza, its so-called "digital employees" that remove workload from human employees, and more. She speaks with Bloomberg’s Tim Stenovec and Carol Massar from the Bloomberg Invest conference in New York City. Artificial intelligence is so far having no negative impact on euro-zone employment, with the heaviest users of the technology even adding staff, according to a European Central Bank blog post. Based on company surveys conducted in 2025, “investment in and the intensive…

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  • AI in Finance with BNY: Advanced Insights S2E8

    November 19, 2025 · 📺 AMD

    In this episode, Mark Papermaster sits down with Leigh-Ann Russell, CIO & Global Head of Engineering at BNY, to discuss how one of the world’s most systemically important banks is operationalizing AI with trust at global scale. They unpack how data becomes a strategic asset, the shift from pilots to production, the rise of agentic AI for operations and client experience, building a culture for zero-downtime systems, and balancing innovation with regulation and risk. From the world’s largest custodian bank safeguarding $56T+ in assets to modernizing platforms across 35 countries, learn how BNY…

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  • Leigh-Ann Russell - Global Head of Engineering and CIO at BNY

    September 12, 2025 · 📺 Aberdeen Legacy Association

    Hi there uh my name is Leanne Russell i am a graduate from the University of Aberdine and I'm currently head of engineering and ...

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  • BNY CIO Leigh-Ann Russell didn't expect to be back in a bank...

    May 20, 2025 · 📺 The Stack

    Russell grew up in a council estate in Scotland. To her parents, an apprenticeship in a bank after school sounded like white collar stability. So when she abandoned it to go to university – the first in her family to do so – to study engineering, they were worried and taken aback. “I think my mom said, ‘but universities are for hippies and rich people!" she recalls. She's now running engineering at leading bank BNY and joined The Stack to talk about her career and priorities.

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  • Get to know: Leigh-Ann Russell

    March 15, 2022 · 📺 bp

    Find out more about our new EVP, innovation and engineering.

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  • Leigh-Ann Russell – My story on Women in Engineering Day

    June 22, 2020 · 📺 bp

    To mark Women in Engineering Day, senior vice president Leigh-Ann Russell shares how she overcame “imposter syndrome”, discusses single parenthood and tells why she would like to see more girls pursue an engineering career.

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