Living Ratings of Asset Managers 2024

John Brockelman is Chief Marketing Officer for State Street Global Advisors, the fourth largest asset manager in the world. He is responsible for all aspects of marketing for the firm, including data and analytics, institutional and advisor channel marketing, brand and advertising, investment content, digital, communications, and social media. John is also a member of the Executive Management Group, the company’s most senior strategy and policy-making team. He joined State Street in 2015 and previously served as Global Head of Brand Marketing & Communications.

Under his leadership, his team successfully rebranded the firm and has been recognized for marketing excellence, including multiple Cannes Lions Grand Prix, Clio, and Effie awards. In 2020 he was named Marketer of the Year by the Financial Communications Society.

Prior to State Street, John held several marketing and communications roles at Fidelity Investments where he most recently led corporate affairs, executive communications, and corporate marketing communications teams. Prior to Fidelity, John served as a senior advisor to former Massachusetts’ governors William F. Weld and Paul Cellucci.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Lawrence Boys & Girls Club and the Association of National Advertisers Business Marketing NYC. John earned an AB from Colby College.

Kristin Ganong serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Russell Investments, where she leads the firm’s global marketing teams. She joined the firm in 2024, bringing extensive leadership experience in innovative business, marketing, and digital strategies. Kristin also serves on the Executive Committee. Prior to joining Russell Investments, Kristin was responsible for creating a more personalized, data-driven, and technology-enabled experience for clients at Wellington Management. She also worked at MFS Investment Management, where she transformed their digital marketing strategy. Before joining the asset management industry, Kristin held marketing leadership roles at Diageo and Samsung and worked agency side at McCann Worldgroup and Digitas.

Kristin has a Bachelor of Science degree from Santa Clara University, and an MBA from Babson Graduate School of Business. She works in NYC, and lives in Boston.

Pinki Mehta is SVP/MD, Global Marketing and Digital Experience. In this role, she’s responsible for developing and executing strategic marketing programs across Alliance Bernstein’s global asset-management business. Pinki leads brand management; integrated creative, content and digital strategy; operations; and events. With deep experience in digital transformation, Pinki is passionate about building user-centric, data-driven experiences at the intersection of marketing, digital, technology, data and user psychology to drive customer satisfaction and commercial value.

Before joining AB, Pinki led Digital Marketing and Sales Enablement at JP Morgan Asset Management, rebuilding online experiences and modernizing internal tools and capabilities to advance sales productivity. While at Prudential, she built that firm’s first enterprise Digital Center of Excellence, co-leading it for a decade. The center supported corporate brand and marketing as well as each of the firm’s B2C/B2B businesses, building websites, mobile applications, and social solutions while introducing customer experience and product-management discipline to raise increase visibility and client engagement.

Pinki has a Bachelor of Science from Temple University and a graduate degree in Communications/Technology from Columbia University. She works in New York and lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, Sunil and her pup, Lollie. With her two children attending school abroad, Pinki’s travel enables her to stay connected with family and fulfil a lifelong desire to engage with the world.

Chris Konowitz is a member of the FCS Board of Directors and the FCS YMC Steering Committee. He currently holds the position of Executive Sales Director, Finance at Hearst Magazines in New York City. With a decade-long career centered around finance within the media realm, Chris’s career has encompassed roles at the Department of Defense, Bloomberg, NASCAR, and The Wall Street Journal. Beyond his professional life, Chris enjoys reading, fitness, cycling, and running.

Kate is co-Founder and CEO of Living Group, founded in 2004. She has over 20 years of City experience covering investment banking, private client wealth management and hedge fund trading which includes eight years at UBS, latterly sales trading to hedge fund clients. Kate is responsible for Living’s financial services clients and brings extensive, invaluable knowledge of the alternative investment arena. She also oversees Living’s financial control and growth strategy in Europe, Asia and America.