Where did Stephen Cohen go to school?

Stephen Cohen studied at University of Southampton (Economics).

Stephen Cohen

Investor

Senior Managing Director; Chief Product Officer and Head of Global Product Solutions (GPS) at BlackRock

Palo Alto, California

About

Stephen Cohen is a Senior Managing Director at BlackRock, serving as Chief Product Officer and Head of Global Product Solutions, a role he took on in January 2024, and sits on the firm's Global Executive Committee. He previously ran BlackRock's Europe, Middle East and Africa business, and earlier led the iShares and Wealth businesses in EMEA as well as the firm's Global Fixed Income Indexing operations. Before joining BlackRock in 2011, he was Global Head of Equity Linked Strategy at Nomura and worked in convertible and fixed income markets at ING Barings and UBS; he holds an economics degree from the University of Southampton.

Experience

BlackRockChief Product Officercurrent2024 — present
BlackRockHead of Europe, Middle East and Africa2021 — 2024
BlackRockHead of EMEA iShares & Wealth business and Index Investment2017 — 2020
BlackRockManaging Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Index2011 — 2017London, United Kingdom
NomuraManaging Director, Head of Equity-Linked Strategy2003 — 2011
ING Investment BankingDirector, Convertible Bonds2001 — 2003
UBS Investment BankDirector, Fixed Income Sales1996 — 2001

Colleagues at BlackRock

Adebayo Ogunlesi

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Global Infrastructure Partners at BlackRock

Alex Claringbull

Global Head of Index Investments at BlackRock

Alister Hibbert

CIO and Head of the Strategic Equity Team at BlackRock

Andrew Landman

Deputy Head of Asia Pacific, Head of Asia Pacific Wealth at BlackRock

Armando Senra

Head of Americas Institutional Business, Head of Canada and Latin America at BlackRock

Ben Archibald

Deputy General Counsel at BlackRock

Caroline Heller

Global Head of Human Resources at BlackRock

Charles Hatami

Global Head of the Financial & Strategic Investors Group, Head of Middle East, and Co-Head of the Global Partners Office at BlackRock

Frequently asked questions

Who is Stephen Cohen?: Stephen Cohen is a Senior Managing Director at BlackRock, serving as Chief Product Officer and Head of Global Product Solutions, a role he took on in January 2024, and sits on the firm's Global Executive Committee. He previously ran BlackRock's Europe, Middle East and Africa business, and earlier led the iShares and Wealth businesses in EMEA as well as the firm's Global Fixed Income Indexing operations. Before joining BlackRock in 2011, he was Global Head of Equity Linked Strategy at Nomura and worked in convertible and fixed income markets at ING Barings and UBS; he holds an economics degree from the University of Southampton.
Where does Stephen Cohen work?: Stephen Cohen is Senior Managing Director; Chief Product Officer and Head of Global Product Solutions (GPS) at BlackRock.
Where did Stephen Cohen go to school?: Stephen Cohen studied at University of Southampton (Economics).