State Street’s blue sky thinking

Despite being the second oldest financial institution in the US, State Street is constantly exploring new ideas and fresh perspectives as it looks to the future

There’s an old Henry Ford maxim that Brian McCabe, Managing Director and EMEA Head of Innovation at State Street’s Dublin office likes to cite.

Ford famously said that prior to inventing the first car, if he’d asked people what they wanted, they would have said: “Faster horses.”

McCabe has over 20 years’ experience in the funds industry, both in Ireland and internationally. As Head of Innovation, part of his job at State Street ...