Lynda Costello

Lynda Costello, Director, is a client portfolio manager on the US LDI Strategy team based in Boston. She is also a credentialed pension actuary with ASA and EA designations.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Lynda was a Principal and DB Solutions Strategist at NEPC, LLC. She served as the head of the Corporate Pension Solutions Group, responsible for developing thought leadership and setting strategic positioning for corporate DB plans including LDI portfolio construction and derisking glidepaths. As a founding member of NEPC's Asset Allocation team, Lynda helped develop portfolio risk analysis tools including asset-liability studies and funded status attribution, portfolio and surplus risk budgeting, scenario analysis, and liquidity analysis. Lynda also co-Chaired NEPC's Women's Leadership Forum and was a member of the Diversity Leadership Board.

Prior to joining NEPC, Lynda worked at Mercer as a consulting pension actuary and team leader in the retirement area of their Boston and Philadelphia offices.