Cyrus Taraporevala is president and chief executive officer of State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corporation and a global leader with $2.5 trillion in assets under management as of the end of 2018. He is also a member of State Street's Management Committee, the company's most senior strategy and policy-making team. Taraporevala has nearly 30 years of experience in asset management. Prior to joining State Street Global Advisors, he led Fidelity Investments' retail managed accounts and life insurance & annuities businesses. He joined Fidelity from BNY Mellon Asset Management, where he was head of North American Distribution. Previously, Taraporevala helped to oversee Legg Mason's institutional business, directed business strategy for Citigroup Global Investment Management, and was a partner in the Financial Institutions practice of McKinsey & Company, based in New York and Copenhagen. He serves as a board member of The Trustees of Reservations, a Massachusetts-based non-profit conservation organization. He received his bachelor's degree from Sydenham College, University of Bombay and his MBA from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management.