Ari Rajendra is Senior Director and Head of Thematic Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices. He focuses on origination, product development and support of a broad range of innovative and sustainable thematic strategies. In his role, Ari works closely with the sales, marketing and global research & design departments to bring new ideas to market and to support the firm’s commercial initiatives.
Prior to his current role, Ari was at Deutsche Bank (London) for 10 years. As the European lead for Delta 1 Strategy, his responsibilities included publishing content, marketing products and providing client solutions related to index and custom products. Additionally, Ari managed Deutsche Bank’s Global ETF Research product.
Ari was also at J.P. Morgan for four years, responsible for European Equity Index Research, and held further roles at UBS and a proprietary trading firm.
Ari has a master’s degree in electrical and information engineering from University of Cambridge.
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