Richard Turnill

Richard Turnill, Managing Director, is Global Chief Investment Strategist for BlackRock, leading the Investment Strategy Function within the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). He is responsible for ensuring the firm creates, coordinates and communicates value added market and investment insights, delivered them consistently to clients and client-facing professionals. Prior to his current role he was Chief Investment Strategist for the Alpha Strategies Group, responsible for developing strategic plans around the Alpha Strategies product range and the positioning of Alpha Strategies products both internally and externally. He has also served as Head of the Global Equity team within the Fundamental Active Equity division of BlackRock's Portfolio Management Group. He was responsible for leading the team which manages large cap global equity portfolios.

Mr. Turnill's service with the firm dates back to 1996, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, he led the global equity team and was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the investment process. Earlier, Mr. Turnill was a group economist in MLIM's Central Strategy Group, head of MLIM's asset allocation and economics tea, and was the Chief Investment Officer for the Merrill Lynch Global Private Client discretionary business in EMEA Pacific. Prior to joining MLIM in 1996, Mr. Turnill worked in the international division of the Bank of England as an economic advisor and the global economics team of Paribas Capital Markets in London. Mr. Turnill earned an MA degree in economics from Cambridge University in 1991.