Michael Zhao Email & Phone Number

Hong Kong

• Facilitate primary market trading activities• Provide insight to internal and external partners and clients on the trading, valuations, and market quality of the iShares ETFs, as well as comparing these with competitors’ products• Lead strategic Equity and Fixed Income-related Global Markets projects to contribute to the enhancement of the ETF platform• Engage in business analysis and planning, associated with the technology and regulatory needs of the Global Markets team’s initiatives

San Francisco Bay Area

• Manage product life cycle from ideation to execution for BlackRock’s ETF business • Perform competitive landscape and market sizing analysis to identify market segment gaps • Develop roadmaps and determine specifications for new and existing offerings• Collaborate with stakeholders and strategic partners to influence and determine product enhancements• Manage vendor relations to meet the needs of BlackRock’s $10 Trillion expected growth• Present and influence key decision makers on prioritizing key clients, products and technology needs• Collaborate with sales and marketing across regional teams to drive global messaging • Drive the adoption of new tools and operating models with stakeholders• Engage engineering managers to develop internal tools to streamline, manage and scale processes• Project manager for special projects with sensitive mandates • Act as an internal consultant for various teams to help guide cross-team initiatives

• Fully supported the investment, analytical, and operational for Alternative businesses• Built custom reporting dashboards for fund managers to make informed investment decisions• Interfaced with client and strategy teams to create investor material in order to guide investment dialogue and win new mandates• Built projection models to determine the best course of action for investments through the use of quantitative proprietary tools and excel; results led to opportunistic decisions and profits• Collaborated with financial modelling groups to develop support and analytics in order to meet portfolio management requirements• Led large scale integration and onboarding efforts for newly acquired strategic acquisitions

• Analyzed investment portfolios focused on distressed securities; research macroeconomic movements and credit events to justify long-term investment strategies • Conducted cash flow and returns analysis on various hedge instruments and evaluated fair value of multi-sector fixed income products• Created monthly and quarterly client meetings presentation outlining performances for and clients• Led knowledge training sessions on fixed income analytics and BlackRock’s internal tools classes for new analysts

Economics And Finance

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