Hanneke Smits stepped away from her role as CEO of BNY Mellon Investment Management in 2025 after an incredible career.
With over 30 years of investment experience, Hanneke was previously CEO of Newton Investment Management, a BNY Mellon Investment Management firm, from 2016 to 2020. Prior to Newton, she served on the Executive Committee at private equity firm Adams Street Partners from 2001 to 2014, having been Chief Investment Officer from 2008 to 2014. She joined Adams Street in 1997 to build out its global investment capabilities, and successfully launched its presence in Europe and Asia. Before joining Adams Street, she was an investment manager at Pantheon Ventures, and worked for Philips China Hong Kong Group.
Hanneke is the Global Chair of the 30% Club, a role she assumed in February 2023. She’s also Trustee of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), founded in 2011 by The Sutton Trust in partnership with Impetus. Hanneke was a former Chair of the Board of Trustees at Impetus and a Non-Executive Director to the Court of the Bank of England.
Originally from the Netherlands, Hanneke has a BBA from Nijenrode University and an MBA from the London Business School.
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