Tomoko Ueda

Managing Director, Asia Pacific Chief Operating Officer at BlackRock

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Tomoko Ueda, Managing Director, is the Asia Pacific COO.

Based in Hong Kong, Ms. Ueda is responsible for overseeing our finance and corporate strategy & development teams, driving strategic initiatives as well as overseeing risk and control, and governance.

Ms. Ueda and her team partner with business leaders regionally and globally to formulate and execute our strategy for APAC. Ms. Ueda is also Head of Corporate Strategy Group for Japan, comprising of Japan Corporate Strategy, Finance, GPG and GPPG teams. These structures are designed to strengthen connectivity, insights and collaboration within Japan, across the region and globally.

Prior to BlackRock, Ms. Ueda was Senior Corporate Officer and Global Head of Strategic Planning & Management Information at Nikko Asset Management, where she oversaw M&A, joint-ventures and partnerships for 9 years.

Prior to that, she was Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch Japan Securities, after serving Morgan Stanley as Head of Equity Capital Markets. Ms. Ueda holds MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and BA/MA from University of Pennsylvania