Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Robert P. Kelly, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation; and |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report. |
Date: May 14, 2010 | ||||||||
/s/ Robert P. Kelly | ||||||||
Name: | Robert P. Kelly | |||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |