Antoine Lesné is the Head of ETF Sales Strategy for EMEA, with responsibility for developing a strategy framework to align SPRD’s ETF range with financial markets and long-term economic outlooks. Prior to this role Lesné was a fixed income portfolio strategist in EMEA covering Europe and global fixed income beta and smart beta strategies. Lesné joined SSGA in 2006 from Sungard Reech where he was responsible for selling advanced pricing and risk analytics in France and the Netherlands, focusing on structured fixed income derivatives. Prior to that he participated in a start-up managing an online interest rate swaps trading platform. He started his career at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking in its fixed income sales desk. Lesné earned a master's in 1998 from French business school, ESCEM, with a major in finance.