State Street has appointed Michael Knowling to head of its global clients division (GCD). Knowling will report jointly to Joerg Ambrosius and Chris Coleman. In this role, Knowling will manage a team of senior client executives, global relationship managers, and client analysts as part of State Street’s client coverage model focused on delivering cross-enterprise solutions and insights to the company’s global and most complex clients. He joins from Prudential Financial, where he was the head of client relations and business development within Prudential Retirement.