Joshua Kazdin, CFA

Joshua Kazdin, CFA, Director, is a member of BlackRock's Systematic Active Equity team (SAE). He is responsible for developing SAE's ESG platform and conducting alpha-generating research on stock selection, top-down and thematic insights across active global long only and long short equity funds. Mr. Kazdin’s research on sustainability and finance has been published in academic and practitioner journals. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2011, Mr. Kazdin was a research analyst at Lazard Asset Management and a research associate at International Strategy & Investment Group

Mr. Kazdin earned a BS, with distinction, in Economics and Political Science from Duke University in 2008 and a Masters in Finance from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2011.