Dan Draper '91
Chief Executive Officer, S&P Dow Jones Indices
Dan Draper is Chief Executive Officer at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), responsible for all aspects of the index business globally. S&P DJI is the world's leading index provider and offers investment professionals around the world an array of products from core indices such as the S&P 500® to broad comprehensive benchmarks.
Before joining S&P DJI, Mr. Draper held asset management, wealth management, and investment banking leadership positions in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Jakarta with Invesco, Credit Suisse Asset Management, Lyxor Asset Management, and Salomon Brothers.
Mr. Draper earned an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from William & Mary in Virginia. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charterholder and holds the Chartered Market Technician®, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Financial Risk Manager, Certified Financial Planner®, and Chartered Financial Consultant® designations.
Mr. Draper is Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) of The Conference Board and former Chairperson for the Index Industry Association. He is a chartered director and fellow at the Institute of Directors in the UK and a board leadership fellow at the National Association of Corporate Directors in the U.S. In addition, he is a fellow of the 2017 class of the Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Mr. Draper serves as a board director for the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Delta Dental of Virginia. He is a member of The Board of Advisors, Center for Excellence in Investment Management at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, as well as The Board of Advisors of the Boehly Center at the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William & Mary. Mr. Drape is a board director of the Economic Club of Chicago and member of the Advisory Committee at The University of Chicago's Leadership & Society Initiative (LSI), which supports accomplished leaders in successfully transitioning from their longstanding careers toward purposeful next chapters.
Mr. Draper is executive sponsor of Black Organization for Leadership & Development (BOLD), and S&P Global people resource group. He is recipient of the Male Ambassador Award from Women in Financial Markets (WIFM) in 2022 and was included in INvolve's Top 50 Empower Advocate Role Model list.