Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Robin Vince, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $83.5M in 2025, up 258% from $23.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 1,018:1, on median employee pay of $81,987.

Filed
March 5, 2026
Annual meeting
April 14, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$83.5M+258% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
1,018:1median $81,987
CEO pay in equity
87%$72.4M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
95%of votes cast
Record Net Income
$5.3BApplicable to common shareholders
Record Revenue
$20.1BFor fiscal 2025
Capital Returned
$5.0BReturned to common stockholders
3-Year Total Shareholder Return
+178%Under CEO leadership

How Vince was paid

$83.5M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary2%Stock awards57%Option awards30%Non-equity incentive11%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Robin VinceChairman and Chief Executive Officer$83,472,970
Dermot McDonoghSenior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$14,982,304
Jose MinayaSenior Executive Vice President and Global Head of BNY Investments and Wealth$19,200,734
Kevin McCarthySenior Executive Vice President and General Counsel$7,669,748
Jayee KoffeySenior Executive Vice President and Chief Global Affairs Officer$5,870,386
Senthil KumarFormer Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer$7,106,958

What changed and why

  • $83.5MRobin Vince received total compensation of $83,472,970 in fiscal 2025, driven largely by a CEO Long-Term Transformation and Retention Award.
  • $5.3BBNY delivered record net income of $5.3 billion on record revenue of $20.1 billion in 2025.
  • 178%Total shareholder return reached +178% over the three-year period under Mr. Vince's leadership.
  • $5.0BThe company returned $5.0 billion of capital to common stockholders, representing 94% of 2025 earnings.
  • $81,987The CEO pay ratio was calculated as 1,018 to 1 compared to the median employee total compensation of $81,987.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.