Antonio Baldaque da Silva

Antonio Baldaque da Silva, Managing Director, is the Global Head of the Aladdin Sustainability Lab at BlackRock in London. Antonio manages a global cross-functional team of 60 professionals with deep expertise in climate and financial modeling, analytics, technology and product management. Antonio is a member of BlackRock’s Global Operating Committee, Global Human Capital Committee, the Aladdin Executive Committee and the Aladdin Product Group Executive Committee.

As Head of the Aladdin Sustainability Lab, Antonio is responsible for the development of sustainability solutions within Aladdin, BlackRock’s portfolio management system. Specifically, Antonio drives the research and analytics development for sustainability, climate risk, and impact; manages the product definition and delivery for these areas; and oversees the technology and data infrastructure needed to scale this offering through Aladdin, working with our clients and BlackRock. Antonio was previously Head of Analytics and Modeling and the Chief Risk Strategist at BlackRock, where he was responsible for research, development, and implementation of all financial models in Aladdin, and supporting BlackRock and our clients’ portfolio management processes through tools and solutions at the intersection of financial models, data, and technology.

Antonio joined BlackRock in July 2015 as Head of Portfolio Modeling within the Financial Modeling Group in New York. Previously he was the Head of Portfolio Modeling at Barclays POINT. Antonio published extensively on portfolio quantitative models across many different asset classes, contributing, namely to the "Handbook of Fixed Income" by Frank Fabozzi. He presented his research at major Official Institutions (such as the European Central Bank), Academic Institutions (such as MIT Sloan) and Conferences (such as the GARP Annual Convention). Antonio has a PhD in Economics from Northwestern University and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Portfolio Management.