Lynn Blake, CFA

Experience

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  State Street Global Advisors

  Jan 1990 - Sept 2021

  Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Equity Indexing, Factor-Based and ESG strategies and Tax-Aware investing. Also headed Corporate Governance/Asset Stewardship, ESG Research and ESG data management. Responsible for the oversight of $2.5 trillion in asset under management across Institutional and ETF Products with a P&L of $1 Billion in revenues and $60 million in direct expenses. Managed the global organization of 80 portfolio managers, research analysts, systems developers, and corporate governance/asset stewardship specialists located in Boston, NYC, Nova Scotia, London, Dublin, Krakow, Bangalore, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney. Member of the SSGA Global Fiduciary and Conduct Committee, SSGA Investment Committee, Executive Management Group, and the State Street Conduct Risk Committee Show less

  • Director

    Jan 2018 - Sept 2021

  • Chief Investment Officer, Global Equity Beta Solutions

    Jan 2011 - Sept 2021

  • Head of Non-US Equity Indexing

    Sept 1999 - Dec 2010

  • Senior Portfolio Manager

    Jan 1990 - Aug 1999
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  WisdomTree Asset Management

  May 2022 - now

  Independent Board Director

  WisdomTree (NYSE: WT) is a global exchange-traded product (ETP) sponsor and asset manager that offers multi-asset class ETFs and products covering equities, fixed income, currency, commodities, cryptocurrencies and various other alternative strategies.Board Member and Compensation Committee, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee

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  UNFI

  Sept 2023 - now

  Independent Board Director

  United Natural Foods, Inc (NYSE: UNFI) is the largest publicly traded wholesale distributor delivering healthier food options to people throughout the United States and Canada. UNFI distributes 250,000 natural, organic and conventional products to more than 30,000 customers including natural product superstores, independent retailers, conventional supermarket chains, e-commerce retailers and food service industry.