Management Team

Barbara Hall is President of Computershare Plan Managers, and the CEO for Computershare Securities Corporation. Barbara leads the North American business of Computershare’s employee plans group, and is a member of the Leadership Group for Computershare Investor Services, Inc, North America.

Prior to joining Computershare, Barbara worked at Mellon Investor Services, (ChaseMellon Shareholder Services), holding a variety of leadership roles. Her last position included managing the employee plan business as a group vice president. Her experience includes sales & marketing, stock transfer operations, corporate actions, client relationship management and product development for employee plans. She played an integral role in leading the design and development for a proprietary stock options system.

Barbara attended Pace University and the American Institute of Banking, both in New York. Barbara also holds General Securities Licenses, Series 24, 7, and 63 and is a member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals and Global Equity Organization. Barbara sits on the board of directors for Computershare Trust Company, Inc. a nationally chartered bank, and Computershare Trust Company of New York, a State chartered bank.

Scott Harrigan
Senior Vice President

Scott Harrigan is the Senior Vice President of Computershare Plan Managers-US and the Chief Operating Officer of Computershare Securities Corp. Scott has been a member of the US management team since Computershare entered the US market in 2000. As part of the management team, Scott played an integral role in organizing Computershare’s first venture into the US employee plan business in 2000 with the acquisition of the Merrill Lynch employee plan business. In addition, Scott leads and provides strategic direction for the relationship management, client service, plan administration and new business development teams.

Prior to joining Computershare, Scott was a vice president in the Private Client Group for Merrill Lynch. In this role, Scott was responsible for the overall leadership of the employee stock purchase plan business. Before his tenure with Merrill Lynch, Scott held a variety of leadership positions with Bankers Trust Company’s Defined Contribution Group. In his last role there, he was vice president, responsible for the management of 401(k) retirement plans for Fortune 100 companies.

Scott received his Bachelors degree in Finance from Rutgers University and holds General Securities Licenses, Series 7, 63, and 24. Scott is an active member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals.

Victoria Diaz
Director, Client Solutions North America

Victoria Diaz is the Director of Client Solutions for Computershare Plan Managers North America.  She leads the implementation team that manages plan integration for all new Computershare clients.  Victoria and her team are responsible for working with the client to understand the plan needs and how Computershare’s technology solutions and processes will work best for them.  In addition, she runs the solutions team which coordinates all technology development for the Computershare Plan Managers team.
Victoria has worked in the financial services industry for 18 years, specifically in the plans space for 15 years.  Prior to joining Computershare, she held multiple positions for Chase. As a member of the trading team, she was responsible for all trading activities for the plans and dividend reinvestment groups. Additionally, she worked on the team responsible for large client implementations for Chase Mellon Shareholder Services, ran the operations team responsible for all aspects of the delivery of services to the employee stock purchase plans clients and was the business lead on the project team put together for the development of Chase Mellon’s proprietary Stock Option System.  Finally, Victoria was responsible for providing business requirements and validation of those requirements.

Victoria is a member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals.  She received her degree in Accounting from Long Island University and is a Certified Equity Professional (CEP) Level 1.

Matt O’Connell
Manager, Broker Operations

Matt O’Connell is the Manager of Brokerage Operations for Computershare Plan Managers. In this role, Matt oversees Computershare Securities Corp, a registered Broker Dealer, and all of the activity that occurs through the broker dealer such as trade processing, settlements and share movements.

Prior to joining Computershare in April 2007, Matt was an Officer at Mellon Financial as the Supervisor of Operations for Mellon Securities (a registered Broker Dealer). As the Supervisor of Operations, Matt provided leadership and strategic direction for all transactions handled through the broker dealer. Prior to Mellon, Matt was the Director of Operations for Comprehensive Asset Management and Servicing, Inc (a registered Broker Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser).

Matt received a BA in History with a minor in Political Science from Averett College (now called Averett University). He is licensed with FINRA and holds his Series 7, 63, and 24.