Katharina Schwaiger, PhD

Katharina Schwaiger, PhD, Managing Director, is a researcher within BlackRock’s Systematic investment team focused on multifactor and quant-based solutions. She is responsible for long-only equity factor strategies and a subject matter expert on sustainable investing.

Dr. Schwaiger was also the Co-Head of Sustainable Investing for BlackRock's Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions (MASS) team, overseeing the ESG research, integration and implementation efforts across the platform. Before her time with FSS, she was a member of the ETF and Index Investments (EII) Product Innovation group, where she was responsible for developing rules-based passive strategies across asset classes for iShares, index mutual funds and segregated mandates.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2013, she has worked as a Financial Engineer in the City of London, as a Quantitative Researcher at a London-based hedge fund and as a lecturer in Operational Research at the London School of Economics. She earned a BSc degree in Financial Mathematics, and a PhD degree in Mathematics/Operational Research from Brunel University. She is a committee member of Quantess London - a social group for women in quant, and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Systematic Investing.