Jacques is an Executive
Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of State Street Global
Advisors. Prior to joining SSgA in April 2008, Jacques was Managing
Director and head of the Risk & Portfolio Analysis Group (RPAG)
at Putnam Investments. This group had oversight over investment
risk, counterparty credit as well as operational risk across the
fund complex. It was also responsible for providing performance
attribution and other analyses to both internal and external
clients.
Prior to joining Putnam in November 2003, Jacques was co-head of
the risk management group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. From
1987 to 1998, he held various positions at J.P. Morgan and Co.
(economist and fixed income researcher for the Benelux, head of the
Bond Index Group and originator of the RiskMetrics value-at-risk
methodology).
Jacques holds a Licence en Sciences Economiques from the
University of Louvain in Belgium. He is a member of the Board of
Trustees and the Executive Committee of GARP (Global Association of
Risk Professionals). Jacques is the Honorary Consul of Belgium for
New England, covering Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island and Vermont.