About

A results-oriented, analytical and strategic leader, Mark Hemingway is a seasoned lawyer with two decades of experience in financial services. At the present moment, Hemingway heads a legal department of 35 employees at Canada’s leading asset servicing provider CIBC Mellon. In addition to his role as general counsel, Hemingway oversees compliance, risk, corporate development, corporate secretarial, privacy, corporate security and internal audit functions. During his tenure at CIBC Mellon, Hemingway has made visible improvements to the company’s operational activities. For example, he has designed, built and overseen a compliance program and framework to ensure that the company’s business practices meet legal, regulatory and industry requirements. He has also introduced a system for the management of objectives, a policies and procedures manual, a new employee orientation manual and benchmarking through a survey of internal clients of the legal department. From a more “black letter law” perspective, Hemingway is recognised for his work on a number of prominent transactions and disputes, including leading two major divestitures and an acquisition, as well as leading CIBC Mellon’s legal response to the ABCP litigation and the failure of Lehman Brothers.