Brian D. Riley

Experience

• Global Head of BNY WealthCurrent

  BNY Wealth · New York, United States

  Jan 2026 – Present

  Brian Riley serves as Global Head of BNY Wealth, responsible for setting strategy, driving growth, and elevating the client experience across the wealth platform. A senior executive with more than two decades in the industry, Brian most recently led the Western U.S. at Rockefeller Capital Management, helping scale the private-equity-backed firm to well over $175 billion in assets. Prior to Rockefeller, he was Executive Vice President of Private Wealth Management at First Republic Bank, where he repositioned the business as a boutique investment firm for high-net-worth clients and nearly tripled assets under management in four years. Earlier in his career, Brian spent 19 years with Merrill Lynch, beginning as a Financial Advisor in Baltimore before moving into full-time leadership in 2001. He ran the firm’s largest branch office, served as Regional Managing Director for the Private Bank serving ultra-high-net-worth clients, and oversaw West Coast operations for Corporate Services, Venture Services, and an Asian-focused wealth management unit. Brian holds an International Relations degree from Boston University and an Advanced Management Degree from Harvard Business School.

• Managing Director and Head of the Western Division for the Rockefeller Global Family Office

  Rockefeller Capital Management · San Francisco, California, United States

  Apr 2020 – Jan 2026

  Managing Director and Head of the Western Division for the Rockefeller Global Family Office. In this role, Brian was responsible for leading and expanding Rockefeller’s business and stable of elite Private Wealth Advisor teams in the Western part of the country, to include California, Washington State, Denver, Arizona, Utah and Wyoming.

Education