Mark Azzopardi

Mark Azzopardi

Managing Director, Global Head of Insurance within the Financial Markets Advisory Group (FMA)

BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory Group (FMA) provides a wide range of advisory, capital markets, portfolio construction and analytical solutions to financial institutions and strategic investors globally.

 

FMA's insurance business combines its knowledge of insurance liabilities, asset-liability management, insurance regulation and capital modelling with portfolio construction, asset allocation and risk management expertise to support BlackRock's clients and investment teams with the design and delivery of tailored mandates for insurance companies.

 

Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Mr. Azzopardi was the EMEA Head of Insurance Solutions at AllianceBernstein and was responsible for insurance product development and the provision of strategic advice to insurance and pension clients. From 2000 to 2008 Mr. Azzopardi was the Global Head of Insurance & Pensions at BNP Paribas. Prior to that he managed actuarial functions at Zurich Financial Services' Head Office and at the Hiscox Group in London. Mr Azzopardi began his career at Clay & Partners, (now Aon Consulting) in 1988.


Mr Azzopardi earned an MA degree in mathematics from Cambridge University in 1988 and became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1991.