John A. Tucker

Mr. John A.
Tucker, CFA, is a Chief Investment Officer of Systematic Equity at SSgA Funds Management, Inc. Mr. Tucker is Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Global Equity Beta Solutions for State Street Global Advisors.
He oversees a team that consists of portfolio managers and analysts globally, and more than 1,400 portfolios with approximately $2 trillion in assets across all equity index and smart beta strategies.
Mr. Tucker oversees State Street Global Advisors' Equity Trading team, which transacts almost $3 Trillion annually, and the Company Stock Group, which manages fiduciary transactions and company stock investments.
In addition, He is a Director of the State Street Global Advisors Trust Company, a member of the State Street Global Advisors Investment Committee, and member of State Street Global Advisors' Executive Management Group.
He joined State Street in 1988.
Prior to this role, Mr. Tucker was Chief Operating Officer for Investments also at GA, where he had been deeply engaged in many of the firm's IT transformation efforts.
Before that, He was Co-Head of Index Equity Strategies in North America responsible for overseeing the management of all equity index strategies and exchange traded funds managed in North America, and formerly Head of the Equity Index group in SSGA's London office.
Mr. Tucker received a BA from Trinity College and an MS in Finance from Boston College.
He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society Boston, and the CFA Institute.