State Street Names Jessica Donohue as Global Head of Asset Owner Segment Business

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced today it has appointed Jessica Donohue as global head of its Asset Owner segment business. Donohue assumes this leadership role following her most recent position leading the Global Clients Division, where she was responsible for relationship management of the firm's largest and most complex global clients. Ms. Donohue will report to Francisco Aristeguieta, chief executive officer of State Street Institutional Services.

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Donohue is charged with growing the Asset Owner business as well as advancing State Street's commitment to an integrated, solutions-driven, strategic partner approach to the firm's Asset Owner clients pioneered in the Global Clients Division. In this capacity, she will work across State Street to deliver solutions that help clients meet their goals by establishing a more efficient and effective operating model and a fit-for-purpose governance structure leveraging the full capabilities of State Street, including its industry-leading Alpha platform.

"Our commitment to our Asset Owner clients is fundamental to our purpose - to help create better outcomes for the world's investors and the people they serve. This is more important now than ever given the significant challenges and opportunities Asset Owners face with continued diversification into private and digital assets, data and operational complexity, and ESG governance, in addition to resourcing and fee pressures. We are pleased to have Jessica's leadership and expertise to help us tackle these challenges in partnership with our clients," said Aristeguieta. "Importantly, Jessica's expertise in the area of data and analytics will be a tremendous asset, and I know she is eager to deliver excellent outcomes for our clients, the team, and our broader stakeholders."

Donohue is a 20 year veteran of the financial services industry, having held a number of senior roles at State Street that covered Asset Owners in addition to other client segments and were global in scope. She served as global head of performance and analytics and head of State Street Associates, State Street's academic partnership, supporting the acceleration of innovation across State Street. Jessica also founded and led the Advisory and Information Solutions business for Global Exchange, State Street's data and analytics business, where she and her team created several new business lines including investable indices and advisory solutions. She also served as chief innovation officer for Global Exchange, leveraging a unique blend of academic and industry knowledge to drive new solutions in the areas of portfolio analytics and data science to enhance returns, control risk, optimize performance, manage liquidity, and monitor market conditions. Donohue will lead a seasoned team of financial services professionals, including Rob Baillie, head of asset owners for North America, Benjie Fraser head of asset owners for EMEA, and Babloo Sarin, head of asset owners for APAC.

"I'm excited to be leading State Street's Asset Owner segment at such a critical time for many of our clients," said Donohue. "Asset Owners are mission-driven organizations and require a unique level of care that the State Street team is well suited to meet. Given State Street supports some of the industry's largest and most complex institutions with diverse portfolios and products across multiple asset classes, we are uniquely positioned to offer the Asset Owner client a truly differentiated servicing and solutioning model leveraging our global, integrated platform. Partnering with our clients to confront today's challenges as well as being by their side to anticipate and navigate future issues that could impact their ability to achieve their investment objectives is where we perform at our best."

State Street services more than 600 asset owners across pensions, corporations, endowments and foundations globally with more than US$7 trillioni in assets under custody and administration. Its asset owner solutions range from asset management, liquidity, investment operations and global custody, to institutional accounting and data and analytics.