Andrew Farris

Andrew Farris, Managing Director, is a member of the BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP) group within BlackRock Equity Private Markets. He is responsible for evaluating and executing on private equity direct and primary fund investments.

Mr. Farris joined BlackRock PEP in 2008. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Farris evaluated investments at ImpreMedia, a media acquisition platform backed by Clarity Partners. From 2001 to 2004, he was in the Investment Banking Division of Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney where he worked on merger & acquisition and capital raising transactions.

Mr. Farris currently serves on the Board of Directors of Woundtech and is an observer to the Board of Directors of Emerald Textiles and HealthDrive. He also serves on the Board of McCarter Theatre Center.

Mr. Farris earned a BA degree, magna cum laude, in economics from Princeton University in 2001 and an MBA degree, with honors, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. He is a CFA charterholder.