Rick Flynn

Rick Flynn

Head of the Risk & Quantitative Analysis EMEA, Chief Risk Officer of BlackRock Group Limited

Rick Flynn is the Head of Risk & Quantitative Analysis (RQA) EMEA at BlackRock and the Chief Risk Officer of BlackRock Group Limited (BGL). He chairs the BGL Enterprise Risk Management Committee and is a member of the firm’s Global Operating and European Operating Committees.

 

Prior to assuming his current responsibilities in 2022, Mr. Flynn covered Fixed Income, Multi-Asset, and Trading for RQA from 2010. He has been with the firm since 2005, joining the Systematic Fixed Income team at Barclays Global Investors, which BlackRock acquired in 2009. Mr. Flynn’s previous experience in the industry includes roles at Horizon Asset Limited, Sanwa International plc, Sumitomo Finance International plc, and Salmon Brothers Inc in London, New York, and Tokyo.

 

Mr. Flynn holds a BS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a MS in Finance from London Business School, and is a CFA Charterholder.