Ryan is a Vice President at State Street Global Advisors and a Senior ETF Strategist on the SPDR ETF Strategy & Research team for EMEA. His primary areas of focus are in Smart Beta, ESG and US-domiciled SPDR ETFs. His responsibilities include developing a strategy framework for the existing SPDR ETF range to align with financial market developments and longer-term economic outlooks. This is delivered through research on ETFs, as well as market notes supporting the distribution of ETFs across EMEA.
Ryan joined State Street in July 2008, after graduating from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a Bachelor of Science in Managerial Economics. He passed the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing in 2021.

Eamonn is Global Head of ETF Product with CACEIS. He has 25 years experience within the financial services industry, most of which has been working with ETF Issuers. He previously held the position of Head of European ETF Product with Brown Brothers Harriman and prior to this worked with BNY, HSBC and CITI. Eamonn is a member of the EFAMA ETF Working Group and holds an M.Sc. in IT and Business.

Richard Adams leitet das American Century Investments EMEA Vertriebsteam und ist für die Entwicklung und Umsetzung der langfristigen Vertriebsstrategien in der EMEA Region zuständig. Richard ist seit 2001 in der Investmentbranche tätig, bevor Richard 2018 zu American Century Investments wechselte, war er Director und Client Portfolio Manager bei Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Dort war er unter anderem für globale, US- und Japan-Aktien zuständig und außerdem noch als Senior fixed Income Spezialist tätig.

Valentin Druon is a Senior Index Solutions Specialist at ICE Data Indices, where he partners with clients across EMEA to navigate and apply ICE’s index offerings within the broader index ecosystem. Working closely with asset managers, ETF providers, banks, and market data teams, he helps deepen client engagement and supports the development and adoption of innovative index solutions.
With nearly a decade of experience in investment and index product design, Valentin brings a unique combination of technical expertise and client facing skills. Prior to joining ICE, he spent six years in FI Product Development at Solactive AG in Frankfurt, creating more than 40+ indices and refining rules based strategies across credit, rates, and sustainable finance themes, including world ESG and carbon optimized indices for ETFs and pension funds. Earlier in his career at AXA Investment Managers in Paris and Frankfurt, he co managed €45B in sovereign and covered bonds for AXA Group’s insurance portfolios, covering SSA, covered bonds, corporates, CDS, and LDI oriented processes, while integrating ESG principles and executing long duration strategies.
Valentin holds a Master’s in Asset Management (222) from Université Paris Dauphine – PSL.