As managing director and head of Americas Equities at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Henry W. Mulholland  is responsible for the firm’s sales, trading and related risk management activities throughout the region.

Since Henry joined Merrill Lynch in 1990, he has held a number of senior trading positions in New York and London. Prior to his role as head of Americas Cash Equities, he served as head of Americas Sector Trading from 2004 to 2011. He began his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert in New York after receiving his B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia. The many industry committees Henry has served on over the years include the Market Performance and Upstairs Advisory committees of the New York Stock Exchange.

Born in the Bronx, Henry is a second-generation Irish American on his father’s side, and second-generation Scottish American on his mother’s. Of his grandparents, who emigrated from Connemara and Glasgow respectively, Henry says he is “proud” to be descended from such strong stock who “started families, who worked hard to succeed and take care of each other, and did it all with a twinkle in their eye.”