Robert P. Kelly is the former CEO of The Bank of New York Mellon. Robert Kelly grew up in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, and went to Saint Mary's University in Halifax. After getting an MBA at Cass Business School, he spent 19 years at Toronto-Dominion Bank

Toronto-Dominion Bank

The Toronto-Dominion Bank , is the second-largest bank in Canada by market capitalization and based on assets. It is also the sixth largest bank in North America. Commonly known as TD and operating as TD Bank Group, the bank was created in 1955 through the merger of the Bank of Toronto and the...

. He joined First Union as chief financial officer in 2000 and played a key role in its merger with Wachovia

Wachovia

Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets...

. He then moved to Mellon Financial

Mellon Financial

Mellon Financial Corporation, was one of the world's largest money management firms. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it was in the business of institutional and high-net-worth-individual asset management, including the Dreyfus family of mutual funds; business banking; and shareholder and...

 in February 2006. When Mellon merged with the Bank of New York

Bank of New York

The Bank of New York was a global financial services company established in 1784 by the American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. It existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007...

 in 2007 he became CEO of the new company The Bank of New York Mellon
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. Kelly resigned on August 31st 2011 "by mutual agreement with the board of directors, due to differences in approach to managing the company" (quoting the press release issued).