Cynthia Steer Head of Manager Research and Investment Solutions BNY Mellon Investment Management Cynthia Steer is Head of Manager Research and Investment Solutions for BNY Mellon Investment Management. She is responsible for performance oversight, due diligence and analysis of investment performance across BNY Mellon Investment Management. She is the senior investment advisor to the executive management of BNY Mellon Investment Management. She also focuses on measuring and analyzing the firm's investment strategies and on its overall solutions effort. In addition, she provides ongoing thought leadership on global investment strategy. Steer joined BNY Mellon in January 2012 from Russell Investments, where she was managing director for investment strategy and consulting. She was responsible for working with clients on investment policy decisions, development of liquidity strategies, and asset allocation, including to emerging and frontier markets. Before joining Russell, she was chief research strategist at Rogerscasey and oversaw global investment management and capital markets research, emerging and frontier markets research, and fixed income research. Her experience also includes managing the assets of a broad spectrum of major public and corporate pension plans, including those of several Fortune 500 companies, investments for high-net-worth individuals and families, and public and private endowment funds. Steer received her bachelor's degree from Smith College and her M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Among other honors, she was named the 2010 distinguished investment professional of the year by Women Investment Professionals. She has written and lectured widely on strategic investment matters.