About Emma
Emma Crabtree is the Chief Revenue Officer at Acuity Knowledge Partners, leading global sales, client engagement and marketing. As part of Acuity’s Executive Committee, she is responsible for shaping and executing the firm’s growth agenda, including expansion and go-to-market of research, data, analytics and a wide set of bespoke technology and agentic AI solutions into existing and new client segments, geographies and product offerings.
Most recently, she served as Group Chief Commercial Officer at IQ-EQ, where she led the firm’s commercial, segment strategy and marketing efforts across a broad suite of investor services and played a central role in significant organic growth and the expansion of client relationships through a commercial excellence programme.
She has more than 25 years’ leadership experience in client engagement and commercial strategy, having held senior roles at global financial institutions, including BNP Paribas Securities Services and RBC Investor & Treasury Services.
At BNP Paribas, Crabtree held several senior sales leadership roles, including Global Head of Sales for Asset Managers and Alternatives and Head of Sales for EMEA and Continental Europe. Prior to that, she spent nearly two decades at RBC, where she served as Managing Director, Global Client Coverage, focused on institutional client growth.
Educated at Bournemouth University, Emma enjoys running, cooking, golf and exploring the globe.