BlackRock has appointed Rachel Lord from Citigroup as new head of iShares in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to replace Joe Linhares as he returns to the US.
At Citigroup, Lord was global head of corporate equity derivatives. She joined Citi in 2009, after working at Morgan Stanley for 13 years. She started her career in 1987 as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen. Lord will report to Mark Wiedman, global head of iShares. Wiedman said: "Our primary challenge in Europe is growing the pie - expanding the ways clients use ETFs. Rachel brings together a number of capabilities we believe are essential for this next era of iShares in EMEA." Linhares (pictured) will return to the US to take on a new role as global head of BlackRock'...
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