Ronald P. O’Hanley
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
7 yr
8 reports
State Street Corporation ·STT
Three global business presidents report directly to the CEO
Financials · Fortune #198 · Divisional structure · 53K employees · Boston, MA
7
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 10)
2.8
Avg span
moderate
3
Max depth
3 levels
4.1 yr
Avg tenure
43%
Internal hires
near industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$13.9B
Net income
$2.9B
Total assets
$366.0B
Shares out
279M
Sourced from State Street Corporation DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-08 ↗ View on SEC
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Three global business presidents report directly to State Street’s CEO, highlighting a strongly divisional structure. This page maps the executive org chart, analyzes reporting spans, tracks recent leadership changes, and compares State Street’s model with key custody and asset-servicing peers.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal C. Jack Read joined as Executive Vice President, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Appointed March 27, 2026; effective August 10, 2026.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Create a Chief AI Officer role to coordinate AI strategy across servicing, markets, and asset management.
- Move Markets Operations under COO Shift operational components of State Street Markets under the COO to reduce duplication.
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The people
Who's running this
7 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Mostapha Tahiri
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Operations
4 yr
0 reports
John F. Woods
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
1 yr
2 reports
internal
Joerg Ambrosius
Executive Vice President and President, Investment Services
Investment Services
6 yr
0 reports
Yie-Hsin Hung
President and CEO, State Street Investment Management
Investment Management
3 yr
0 reports
David Puth
President, State Street Markets
Markets
3 yr
0 reports
internal
Mark Shelton
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Legal
5 yr
0 reports
The skin in the game
Beneficial ownership
Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.
Stock ownership requirements
8×Director cash retainer
Non-management directors must hold stock equal to eight times the annual retainer.
The businesses
How State Street Corporation divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Investment Services
28K employees
President, Investment Services (Joerg Ambrosius)
Provides custody, fund administration, and asset servicing to institutional clients.
Investment Management
5K employees
President & CEO, State Street Investment Management (Yie-Hsin Hung)
Manages global assets across ETFs, index, and active strategies.
State Street Markets
4K employees
President, State Street Markets (David Puth)
Delivers trading, financing, and liquidity solutions to institutional investors.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Three separate global business presidents—Investment Services, Investment Management, and Markets—report directly to the CEO, an uncommon structure for a large U.S.
bank holding company. This places full P&L accountability for each major franchise at the top table rather than consolidating them under a single operating executive.
The COO role is focused on enterprise operations and infrastructure rather than line-of-business management, reinforcing the divisional model. Finance and Legal remain centralized, while revenue-generating businesses operate with significant autonomy.
This structure reflects State Street’s identity as a specialized custody, asset management, and markets platform rather than a traditional universal bank, with scale businesses managed as peers under the CEO.
- Three business presidents report directly to CEO
- COO focuses on infrastructure, not P&L
The comparison
How State Street Corporation stacks up
Compared with peers like Bank of New York Mellon and Northern Trust, State Street’s structure emphasizes clearer separation between its three major franchises. BNY Mellon combines several businesses under fewer presidents, while State Street maintains three distinct business CEOs reporting to the group CEO. Relative to …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
State Street Corporation
3 levels
Bank of New York Mellon
4 levels
4 levels
6 levels
6 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
State Street Corporation
4 yr
Bank of New York Mellon
5 yr
6 yr
8 yr
4 yr
Has COO / Has CAIO
State Street Corporation ✓ COO — no CAIO
Bank of New York Mellon ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant change was the CFO transition, with John Woods appointed after Eric Aboaf’s February 2025 departure.
- newC. Jack Read Executive Vice President, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Appointed March 27, 2026; effective August 10, 2026.
Source - departed
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-08
- CEO
- Ronald P. O’Hanley
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 7
- Avg tenure
- 4.1 yr
Leadership stabilized following CFO succession.
Named executive officers (5)
- Ronald P. O’Hanley - Chairman and CEO since 2018
- John F. Woods - CFO since 2025
- Mostapha Tahiri - COO since 2021
- Joerg Ambrosius - President, Investment Services since 2019
- Yie-Hsin Hung - President, Investment Management since 2022
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of State Street?
Ronald P. O’Hanley has served as Chairman, President and CEO since 2018.
What type of organizational structure does State Street use?
State Street uses a divisional structure with major global businesses led by presidents reporting directly to the CEO.
How many direct reports does State Street's CEO have?
The CEO has seven direct reports, including three global business presidents.
How has State Street's leadership changed recently?
The company completed a CFO transition in 2025 and appointed a new Chief Accounting Officer in 2026.
Who reports directly to State Street's CEO?
Direct reports include the CFO, COO, General Counsel, and the presidents of Investment Services, Investment Management, and Markets.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Mar 2026
- DEF 14A, Apr 2026
- SEC EDGAR: State Street Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: State Street Corporation 10-K Annual Report
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