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Yie-Hsin Hung

President and Chief Executive Officer, State Street Global Advisors

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Yie-Hsin Hung is president and chief executive officer of State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation. State Street Global Advisors provides disciplined investment exposures and solutions to many of the world's largest and most sophisticated investors. Yie-Hsin is also a member of the Executive Committee, the company’s most senior strategy and policy-making team. In January 2024, Yie-Hsin was named Co-Head of Strategy Oversight for State Street Global Advisors’ parent company, State Street Corporation.

Prior to joining State Street Global Advisors, Yie-Hsin was Chief Executive Officer of New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), a role she held since 2015. While at NYLIM, Yie-Hsin led a multi-boutique, global investment management business that provides a broad range of fixed income, alternatives, equity and ESG capabilities. During her tenure at the firm, Yie-Hsin led NYLIM to achieve a nearly four-fold increase in assets under management. Prior to assuming the role of CEO of NYLIM, Yie-Hsin held numerous senior executive roles including co-president and chairman of NYLIM International. Before joining NYLIM, she held leadership positions at Bridgewater Associates and Morgan Stanley.

In 2022, Yie-Hsin was featured on Barron’s list of the 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance for the third time and was selected by American Banker as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance for the sixth consecutive year. In 2021, she was also named by Forbes to its list of 50 over 50. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University; the Chair of the Executive Committee and Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute (ICI)C200; The Women’s Forum of New York and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Yie-Hsin earned her Master of Business Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University. She received a Distinguished Alumni Medal in 2019, the highest honor granted by the Northwestern Alumni Association.

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