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State Street Appoints Mark Wightman as Head of Strategic Transformation

What happened

State Street Corp. hires Wightman as Head of Strategic Transformation.

Source

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State Street appoints mark Wightman as Head of Strategic Transformation. Mark Wightman has joined State Street as Executive Vice President and Head of Strategic Transformation, marking a return to industry following more than a decade in senior advisory and consulting roles. In his new position, Wightman will lead firm-wide strategic transformation initiatives, with a focus on driving technology-enabled change across State Street's global business and enhancing its ability to serve clients across asset management, servicing and markets. Wightman brings more than 30 years of experience across financial services, spanning asset management, wealth management, capital markets and fintech. Most recently, he was a Partner at EY, where he led Wealth and Asset Management Transformation engagements, advising global asset managers, owners and servicers on business-led, technology-enabled change. Prior to this, he spent nine years in Singapore as EY's ASEAN Industry Leader and APAC Consulting Leader for Wealth and Asset Management. Earlier in his career, Wightman held senior roles at SunGard (now part of FIS), SuperDerivatives and Monis, gaining extensive experience across alternatives, trading technology and fintech platforms, including scaling regional businesses and supporting industry transformation. Commenting on his appointment via LinkedIn, Wightman said he was "delighted"...

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Event
Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
WightmanHead of Strategic Transformation

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People

  • WightmanHead of Strategic Transformation · Named in the story

Details

Category
Hires

Topics and mentions

Job title tags

  • management

Extraction

Confidence
65%
Detected
Jan 15, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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