Mellon Promotes Charles E. Long Jr. to Private Wealth Management Regional Sales Manager for Ohio

CLEVELAND, July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mellon Financial Corporation announced that Charles E. Long Jr. has been promoted to senior director and regional sales manager for Ohio, with responsibility for overseeing the wealth management business development efforts for Mellon's Private Wealth Management group's Cleveland and Columbus offices. Long, who joined Mellon in 2002 and most recently was a sales director, is based in Cleveland and reports to regional director Erich Smith.

"Since 2003, the number of Ohio households with more than $1 million in investable assets has increased by more than 35%, making this market one with tremendous opportunity for Private Wealth Management," Smith said. "Chuck has proven his ability to grow Mellon's client base in this region and, through his leadership and community involvement, we look forward to his continued success as he leads our sales efforts across Ohio."

Long has more than 25 years' experience in banking and wealth management, and prior to joining Mellon he was a founder and served as principal and director of sales and marketing for Lakepoint Investment Partners, a Cleveland-based investment management firm. He received his bachelor's degree in economics and psychology from St. Lawrence University and a master's degree in marketing and financial institution management from Nova Southeastern University. Long is an active member of the community, contributing his time to local not-for-profits, including Cleveland's Entrepreneurship Preparatory Academy, E City, Northeast Ohio Adoption Services and the Cleveland Youth Hockey Association.

Mellon is among the nation's leading private wealth managers, with more than 135 years' experience in providing wealth planning, investment management and financial management services to financially successful individuals, families, family offices, charitable gift programs, entrepreneurs, professionals, endowments and foundations. Mellon's Private Wealth Management group is a leader in each of its major client segments and consistently achieves industry-leading client satisfaction and retention rates.

Mellon Financial Corporation is a global financial services company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Mellon is one of the world's leading providers of financial services for institutions, corporations and high net worth individuals, providing asset management, private wealth management, asset servicing, payment solutions and investor services. Mellon has approximately $4.9 trillion in assets under management, administration or custody, including $808 billion under management. News and other information about Mellon is available at http://www.mellon.com/.