BLACKROCK CLOSED-END FUNDS

BlackRock Board nominees up for election

View your BlackRock Board nominees that are up for election, who bring the extensive set of skills needed to effectively oversee CEFs.

Board of Trustees

Cynthia L. Egan
Former President of Retirement Plan Services at T. Rowe Price Group. Board Chair for The Hanover Insurance Group and Lead Independent Director for Huntsman Corporation
Cynthia L. Egan is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: ECAT, BIGZ and MPA. She has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 8 years.
Catherine A. Lynch, CFA
Former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the National Railroad Retirement Investment. Board Director for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust 
Catherine A. Lynch is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: ECAT, BIGZ, BFZ, MHN, MYN, BNY and MPA. She has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 8 years.
Lt. Gen. Stayce D. Harris
Former Lieutenant General, Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Air Force. Board Director for The Boeing Company
Lt. Gen. Stayce D. Harris is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: ECAT, BIGZ, and MPA. She has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 3 years.
Lorenzo A. Flores
Chief Financial Officer at Intel Foundry. Former Vice Chairman at Kioxia, Inc. Former Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller at Xilinx, Inc.
Lorenzo A. Flores is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: ECAT, BIGZ, and MPA. He has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 3 years.
R. Glenn Hubbard
Former Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers of the President of the United States. Dean Emeritus of Columbia Graduate Business School. Professor of Finance and Economics​
R. Glenn Hubbard is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: ECAT, BCAT, BSTZ, BIGZ, MPA and BMEZ. He has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 20 years.
W. Carl Kester
Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. Professor and author in finance, expert in corporate finance and corporate governance
​W. Carl Kester is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: ECAT, BCAT, BSTZ, BIGZ, MPA and BMEZ. He has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 29 years.
J. Phillip Holloman
Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Cintas Corporation and director of PulteGroup, Inc. and Rockwell Automation Inc.
J. Phillip Holloman is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: BFZ, MHN, MYN, BNY, and MPA. He has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 3 years.
Arthur P. Steinmetz
Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. Former Director of ScotiaBank (U.S.) ​
Arthur P. Steinmetz is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: BFZ, MHN, MYN, BNY, and MPA. He has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 1 year.
John M. Perlowski
President and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock's US Retail Mutual Funds
John M. Perlowski is up for election on the following Funds’ Boards: ECAT, BCAT, BSTZ, BIGZ, MPA and BMEZ. He has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 9 years.
Sir Robert Fairbairn
Vice Chairman and member of the Global Executive Committee at BlackRock
Sir Robert Fairbairn is up for election on the following Fund’s Board: MPA. He has served on the Boards of BlackRock Closed-End Funds for 6 years.

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