State Street Appoints Global Chief Architect
28 April 2021 - 4:30AM
Business Wire
State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) today announced that it has
appointed Aman Thind to executive vice president and global chief
architect. In this role Thind will report to Brian Franz, global
chief information officer.
Thind is responsible for designing the strategy and driving
implementation of State Street’s technology transformation and
interoperable infrastructure. He will also play an integral role in
advancing the company’s technology innovation including further
building capabilities in digital, crypto, and other digitally-led
technologies.
“With experience on both the trading floor and in technology
strategy, Aman brings a unique perspective to our technology
roadmap across multiple dimensions,” said Franz. “Technology will
continue to be a key enabler of our clients’ growth objectives and
we are confident that Aman’s expertise will enhance the delivery of
solutions, help them accelerate time to market and build stability,
resiliency and scalability into their operations.”
Thind was previously chief technology officer (CTO) of State
Street’s GlobalLink platform and prior to that role was co-founder
and CTO of BestX, a fintech startup acquired by State Street in
2018. He has also worked in Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers,
Fidelity and Adobe in various leadership roles.
State Street has been actively engaged in the digital asset
space for a number of years and is committed to evolving its
broader strategy for the crypto and digital assets environment to
meet the growing interest of global clients. In March, State Street
announced that it was appointed as the fund administrator and
transfer agent of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust (‘The Trust’) a new
bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) that is currently pending
approval by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Most
recently, it also announced that is has been appointed as the
administrator of a planned bitcoin backed exchange traded note
(ETN) initiated by Iconic Funds BTC ETN GmbH, a subsidiary of
Iconic Funds GmbH.
About State Street
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's
leading providers of financial services to institutional investors
including investment servicing, investment management and
investment research and trading. With $40.3 trillion in assets
under custody and/or administration and $3.6 trillion* in assets
under management as of March 31, 2021, State Street operates
globally in more than 100 geographic markets and employs
approximately 39,000 worldwide. For more information, visit State
Street's website at www.statestreet.com.
* Assets under management as of March 31, 2021 includes
approximately $60 billion of assets with respect to SPDR® products
for which State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC
(SSGA FD) acts solely as the marketing agent. SSGA FD and State
Street Global Advisors are affiliated.
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