Orla J. Forrester

Vice President, Group Manager
EMEA Structured Finance Client Services
BNY Mellon

Orla is the Group Manager for the EMEA Structured Finance Client Services team in London. She began her career with BNY Mellon in July 2007 when she joined the EMEA Corporate Trust team. Orla has held various positions within Corporate Trust over the past 12 years, working initially with the EMEA Transaction Management Group in London, covering ABS/MBS transactions, and then as a Senior Transaction Manager focused primarily on Structured Finance for the Latin America/Canada Transaction Management Group in New York. Orla went on to lead a Transaction Management team located across various locations (New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles) covering the US Corporate space, before returning to London at the end of 2017. Orla holds a BA (Hons) in Law from the University of Cambridge and a Diploma in Legal Practice from Nottingham Law School.