BlackRock Appoints Philippe Matsumoto as Treasurer

BlackRock, Inc. announced the appointment of Philippe Matsumoto as Managing Director, Treasurer and Head of Corporate Insurance.

In this role, Matsumoto will be responsible for leading global treasury, liquidity, funding and capital management activities, reporting to Gary Shedlin, Chief Financial Officer for BlackRock.

"I am pleased to welcome Philippe to the BlackRock team," said Shedlin. "His extensive experience and strategic insights will be instrumental to managing our balance sheet and optimizing our liquidity and capital management strategies."

Matsumoto joins BlackRock from NYSE Euronext where he served as Senior Vice President and Global Treasurer since 2007. Prior to the merger between the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext in 2007, Matsumoto held various corporate finance roles at Euronext in Europe from 2001 to 2007. He served as Group Treasurer of Euronext, Treasurer of the LCH.Clearnet SA clearing house and oversaw major acquisitions of Euronext at the CEO's Office. Matsumoto began his career at Societe Generale where he was in charge of extended audit and advisory assignments at the General Inspection department reporting to the CEO of the bank from 1997 to 2001.

Matsumoto is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, Telecom ParisTech, and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

BlackRock is a company focusing in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients worldwide.

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