Stephen Cohen

Stephen Cohen

Chief Product Officer

Stephen Cohen, Senior Managing Director, is BlackRock’s Chief Product Officer and a member of the Global Executive Committee. Mr Cohen is responsible for the business strategy, innovation and commercialization of BlackRock’s full investment product platform, aligning product strategies with client needs and market trends, and unlocking new growth opportunities across iShares, Active, and Private Markets. Before assuming his current role in January 2024, Mr. Cohen served as the Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2021, leading BlackRock in the region. He was previously Head of the iShares, Index and Wealth businesses in EMEA, overseeing BlackRock's relationships with wealth management firms and platforms, the development and distribution of active and index investments, and the firm’s equity index portfolio management capability in the region. Mr. Cohen previously served as Global Head of Fixed Income Indexing for BlackRock, responsible for the iShares fixed income business and the fixed income index investment group. Prior to that, he was the Chief Investment Strategist for International Fixed Income and iShares. Mr. Cohen joined BlackRock in 2011 having worked in a number of markets roles at Nomura, ING Barings, and UBS. He earned a First Class honours degree in Economics from the University of Southampton.