Lochiel Crafter is executive vice president and head of the Global Institutional Group of State Street Global Advisors, and is a member of our Executive Management Group and a board member of a number of State Street Global Advisors operating entities. In his role as head of the Global Institutional Group, Lochiel has responsibility for all of State Street Global Advisors' institutional distribution efforts across the globe.

Prior to his current role, Lochiel was based in Sydney as head of Asia Pacific, and previously head of Investments for Asia Pacific. Before joining State Street Global Advisors in 2010, Lochiel was CEO of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance. He was also with State Street Global Advisors for seven years as regional CIO for Asia Pacific and has held other roles in the investment management industry.

Lochiel holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of CFA Institute. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours, majoring in statistics, from the University of New South Wales.