Rowland, Chris

Chris Rowland has made a significant impact on the securities services industry through prominent roles at some of the biggest players in the world of custody.
Inducted: 2025

Chris Rowland is currently executive vice president and head of custody, digital and fund services product at State Street. In the role, he is responsible for establishing the strategy, setting the investment roadmap, and managing the P&L of products provided to our institutional investor clients.  

He also has responsibility for State Street’s network management team and setting strategy for State Street’s network of 50 bank relationships. Prior to joining State Street, Rowland worked at JP Morgan for 22 years where he was product executive for custody and the head of EMEA securities services.   

Prior to JP Morgan, he worked at BNP Paribas securities services for five years where he led the global relationship management team for financial institution (FI) clients and direct custody sales for the United Kingdom.