Ben Slavin joined BNY Mellon in 2020, as the Global Head of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Ben joined the bank with over 25 years of experience in asset management, focused on ETFs. Recently, Ben expanded his mandate to drive the Global Commercial Strategy and distribution intelligence across other financial products including ETFs. Role includes leadership of BNY’s proprietary Growth Dynamics business which provides distribution insights to clients globally. Ben began his career in asset management with PwC which included an extended role with Barclays Global Investors, assisting the firm with the initial launch and development of the iShares ETF business. Subsequently, he joined SEI Investments where he was responsible for the development of the Company’s ETF distribution platform designed for the iShares business. He subsequently joined ProShares, as a start-up focused on building the firm’s leveraged/inverse ETF business. Ben returned to New York with Morgan Stanley Investment Management, responsible for product management for the firm’s open and closed-end mutual fund business. In 2007, Ben returned to ETFs joining WisdomTree as a start-up serving as the Global Head of Product & Business Development playing a key role in building the firm into top-tier global ETF platform. He focused on a wide range of responsibilities, which including leading global product for U.S., Canada, Europe, and Japan. He also worked to develop distribution relationships in Latin America, Asia, and Australia, and managed key global firm-wide relationships including asset servicing, index providers, and other aspects of the ETF ecosystem. Ben served as a member of the WisdomTree Global Risk committee, Europe Operating Executive Committee, various corporate boards, and chair of the ESG committee. Ben also established his own ETF consulting and advisory business, servicing large asset managers and start-ups on ETFs and digital assets. Ben frequently appears on several media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg, and Yahoo talking about markets, flows, and key trends in asset management.