Jolen Anderson

Global Head of Human Resources – BNY Mellon
Changemaker Champion

As Global Head of Human Resources, Jolen oversees the company’s global Human Resources organization and directs the strategies, policies and practices supporting the company’s diverse and inclusive culture and its employees. Human Resources includes Global Impact Citizenship, which uses BNY Mellon’s reach, market influence and resources to address pressing global issues, contribute to healthy economies and make a positive impact on people around the world.

Over the course of her distinguished career, Jolen has worked at the intersection of employee relations, corporate culture and diversity, performance management and labor law. She has held leadership roles across a wide range of HR disciplines and demonstrated a commitment and passion for promoting talent in a global organization.

Jolen is a member of BNY Mellon’s Executive Committee, the organization’s most senior management body, which oversees day-to-day operations. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK).

Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Jolen served as Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer and Chief Counsel, Employment and Social Responsibility for Visa. She was responsible for the strategic development and implementation of Visa’s Global Diversity and Inclusion strategy, leading a global team focused on implementation of enterprise-wide efforts to attract, develop and retain top performing talent in an inclusive work culture. She also led a team providing strategic legal support to the Global Human Resources organization, including counseling senior executives and the board of directors on employment, executive compensation and corporate governance matters.

Prior to joining Visa, she was an attorney at a Chicago law firm where she represented parties in labor and employment matters pending in state and federal court. Jolen considers herself “an attorney by training, and an HR professional by passion.”

Jolen is a top contributor and thought leader in her field. She is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and previously served as a director on the board of the San Francisco African American Art and Culture Complex. She has been featured as Working Mother of the Year by Working Mother magazine, profiled by Forbes Magazine as 11 Women Who Are Changing The Face of Finance, Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times and Top Diversity Executive by Black Enterprise Magazine.

Jolen is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Policy from Northwestern University.