Tomoko Ueda

BlackRock has announced the appointment of Tomoko Ueda as APAC Head of Corporate Strategy and Development and Aarti Angara as APAC Head of Product. These appointments mark continued investment in the firm’s leadership and expertise to advance regional strategy and develop products that reflect APAC investor needs.

In her new role, Ms. Ueda will partner with business leaders regionally and globally to formulate and execute the firm’s strategy to support clients across APAC. Ms. Ueda was most recently Senior Corporate Officer and Global Head of Strategic Planning and Management Information at Nikko Asset Management. Prior to that, she was Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch Japan Securities, after serving Morgan Stanley as Head of Equity Capital Markets.

As APAC Head of Product, Ms. Angara will lead platform initiatives on product creation and implementation to provide the offerings regional and global investors need to achieve their financial goals. She most recently served as Chief Investment Officer at Caravel Asset Management in Hong Kong, where she was responsible for fund performance, portfolio management, and asset allocation decisions. Prior to that, she was Co-Head of Morgan Stanley’s proprietary investment Special Situations Group for Non-Japan Asia.

Rachel Lord, Chair and Head of APAC said: “It is an incredibly exciting time for BlackRock in APAC. Our ambition is to help clients in ways that transform the asset management industry in the region, and we are strengthening our leadership team with uniquely qualified regional talent to do so.”

Tomoko Ueda, incoming Head of Strategy for APAC said: “BlackRock is consistently ahead of the curve in terms of its vision for both the industry and the region. I am eager to leverage its global expertise and client focus to advance a strategy designed to help investors in APAC and globally.” 

Aarti Angara, incoming Head of Product for APAC said: “BlackRock is known for challenging itself to think differently, and I look forward to deepening the APAC investor perspectives that are at the heart of the firm’s regional offerings.”

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Based in Hong Kong, Mr Loehnert will be responsible for growing iShares Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) market share and ETF adoption among investors in the region, as well as institutional index mandates.

Mr Loehnert most recently headed BlackRock’s International Cash Management Business, driving the growth in global liquidity assets across multiple currencies.

Rachel Lord, BlackRock’s Chair and Head of Asia-Pacific, said: “I am delighted to welcome Peter to Hong Kong to lead Asia-Pacific iShares and Index investments in its next stage of growth. Peter has gained outstanding experience in building our International Cash Management and Global Transitions businesses over the last decade, and developed a strong talent bench in both. He brings a deep understanding of Asian products, markets and client needs, and we look forward to him accelerating the adoption of index products throughout the region.”

Salim Ramji, Global Head of iShares and Index Investments, said: “Asia is already a critical hub for our wealth and institutional clients in the region to gain access to global exposures through our UCITS and 40 Act ETFs – and more recently through our fast-growing Asia-listed ETFs. Peter’s experiences in leading scale investment and client teams and his entrepreneurial spirit will serve us well as we create many millions more clients in the region who can benefit from the convenience, affordability, transparency and resilience of our iShares and index investments.”

Prior to his current role, Mr Loehnert served as Global Co-Head of the Transition Management team within BlackRock’s Trading and Liquidity Strategies Group. Before joining BlackRock in 2011, he held positions at Nomura International, Lehman Brothers International (Europe), Cominvest Asset Management and Commerzbank AG where he started his career in 2004.

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