Managing Director, Head of Product Implementation and Alternative Investment Research, State Street Associates
Dr. Nan Zhang is a managing director and head of Product Implementation and Alternative Investment Research at State Street Associates, the research arm of State Street Global Markets. He oversees the implementation of State Street Associate’s research product suite across investor behavior, risk and alternative investment. He also manages the product development and client services of State Street Private Equity Index and leads the academic research partnerships in alternative investments. Nan has published a number of research papers in journals across different fields including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Journal of Neuroscience. Before joining State Street in 2009, Nan received a MS in Computational Finance from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, a MS in Applied Biomedical Engineering and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Johns Hopkins University. Nan completed his undergraduate with Dual Bachelor’s degrees in computer science and Biophysics from University of Science and Technology of China. Nan is a CFA charter holder.