Chirag V Patel
Chirag V Patel

Head of Research & Advisory EMEA

State Street Global Exchange

Chirag Patel is head of Innovation & Advisory Solutions in EMEA, a division of State Street Global Exchange. Chirag is responsible for clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with regional responsibility for a suite of products comprising Advisory, Information Solutions, and Investable Indices. In addition he serves as the EMEA head for State Street Associates, State Street's partnership with leading academics from the Harvard Business School and MIT's Sloan School of Management, conducting customized portfolio construction, risk management and investment strategy research for institutional investors.

Prior to joining State Street, Chirag was part of the founding management team at SanoGene Therapeutics Inc. Chirag holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute; an M.Sc. in Management Information Systems and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago.