Anne F. Ackerley, Managing Director, is the Chief Marketing Officer of BlackRock, and the COO for the Marketing and Communications Group. In these global roles, she drives BlackRock’s marketing and communications strategy, including the firm's ongoing efforts to build the BlackRock brand. Ms. Ackerley also manages all aspects of marketing operations.

Prior to her current roles, she was the Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s Global Client Group, developing and driving strategy across BlackRock’s client businesses from 2009 – 2011, and she held various key roles in BlackRock’s US Retail Group from 2000-2009. Ms. Ackerley is a member of the Global Operating Committee and the Human Capital Committee. Additionally, she is co-chair of BlackRock’s WIN East. She has also served as the business liaison to the mutual fund boards and was President of BlackRock’s open- and closed-end mutual funds.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2000, Ms. Ackerley spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer for the mergers and acquisitions department.

Ms. Ackerley served on the board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute from 2002 to 2005. She serves on the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Schools Committee and on the board of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.

Ms. Ackerley earned a BA degree, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in economics from Harvard College in 1984, and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1988.