Antoine Lesné

Antoine is a Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors and Head of ETF Strategy & Research for EMEA. Antoine's responsibilities include developing a strategy framework for the existing SPDR ETF range to align it with financial market developments and long-term economic outlooks. This is delivered through research on ETFs as well as market analysis that support the distribution of ETFs across EMEA. Antoine is a regular commentator on markets via press and TV programs such as CNBC Squawk Box. Prior to this role Antoine was a senior Fixed Income Portfolio Strategist in EMEA covering Europe and Global Fixed Income beta strategies as well as smart beta credit. Antoine joined SSGA in 2006 from Sungard Reech where he was responsible for selling advanced pricing and risk analytics to banks and asset managers in France and the Netherlands, with a focus on structured fixed income derivatives. Prior to that he took part in launching a start-up which managed an Interest Rate Swaps interdealer e-trading platform. He started his career at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking on the Fixed Income & FX structured products desk. Antoine has earned a Master's degree from the French Business School, ESCEM, with a major in Finance in 1998.