Omar Moufti

Omar Moufti, Director, is a member of the iShares EMEA Equity Product Strategy (EPS) team, leading the Sector, Thematics & Commodity strategy pillar. The team is responsible for providing insights, content, and analysis to drive our overall iShares commercialization.  Omar joined BlackRock in January 2020 as the Thematics Index range Product Specialist. This followed two years at EFG Bank in Switzerland, where he served as Senior Equity Specialist and helped set up the private bank’s advisory offering. Prior to this, he spent 10 years in Union Bancaire Privée’s asset management division, across London, Hong Kong and Geneva, working as a portfolio manager, analyst and investment specialist for a number of its active equity ranges, and previously as a hedge fund advisor.  Omar is a CFA and CAIA charterholder and holds a M.Sc. Economics from the University of Surrey, and a B.A. Economics from the American University of Beirut.