Chris Blake is Executive Director of Product Innovation within Issuer Solutions at S&P Global. In this role, he focuses on building and developing solutions for global corporate issuers which leverage generative AI, machine learning, and natural language processing. Chris has over a decade of experience providing insights and thought leadership to investor relations teams, through digital solutions, shareholder surveillance, and targeting. As the head of innovation for Issuer Solutions Advisory business he oversaw the digital transformation of services provided to over 1,200 corporate clients. In his current role Chris has led the delivery of multiple new AI-driven driven products for corporate investor relations teams including Script Insight, a first of its kind natural language processing tool for earnings calls.