Celia Yan

Managing Director, Head of APAC Private Credit at BlackRock

Celia Yan, Managing Director, is the Head of APAC Private Credit, and is the Lead Portfolio Manager of BlackRock's APAC Private Credit funds and Chair of the Investment Committee. She is responsible for leading the platform, originating and executing investment opportunities, leading the investment process, and maintaining relationships with key deal sources and intermediaries across APAC. Celia serves on BlackRock's Global Private Credit Executive Committee and is also a senior member of the Asian Fixed Income & Credit leadership team.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2020, Celia was the Head of Greater China with ADM Capital where she joined in 2011. As a senior private credit investor, she led the overall investment strategy and specialized in sourcing and executing private credit investments with Chinese angles, including inbound deals to mainland China and outbound deals across Asia and globally. Prior to that, Celia worked for National Australia Bank in Melbourne, where she advised on investment, performance and risk analysis solutions.

Celia has a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne (Australia), a Master of Applied Econometrics from Monash University (Australia), and is currently pursuing a Finance EMBA with PBCSF, Tsinghua University (China).