Alan leads BlackRock’s Indexing business for the Americas, overseeing a team of 80 portfolio engineers responsible for more than $2 trillion of index equity and asset allocation assets. He is also a founder and global sponsor of BlackRock’s LGBT+ network, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2017. The networks helped BGI and BlackRock employees successfully navigate the merger of the two firms in 2009, and the positive influence has been documented in a Harvard Business Review case study that is now being utilized in MBA programs. He has also led the network to engage externally at forums like Out & Equal, and created financial services LGBT+ events in both New York and San Francisco to promote LGBT+ leadership in our industry. Alan mentors more than a dozen global LGBT+ employees at BlackRock and externally through the OUTstanding Mentoring program. Outside of work, he and his husband are active supporters of various LGBT+ organisations, including Out & Equal and the Human Rights Campaign. He regularly speaks at industry events, on panels, and in external media.
