BNY Mellon, an investment management and investment services company, has elected Ed Garden, Chief Investment Officer and a founding partner of Trian Fund Management, to its board of directors, effective immediately. He also will join the human resources and compensation committee, and the risk committee of the board.
Garden, along with Nelson Peltz and Peter May, founded Trian. As chief investment officer, Garden oversees all aspects of Trian’s portfolio management, idea generation, analyses and due diligence activities. Garden also typically leads, along with Peltz and May, Trian’s engagement with the management teams and boards of directors at the companies in which it invests. Garden currently serves on the boards of The Wendy’s Company and Family Dollar Stores.
