CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Andy Stewart
Managing Director & Co-Head, BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI)
Andy Stewart, Managing Director, is the Co-Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). Mr. Stewart is responsible for managing the operation and strategic development of BAI. BAI includes BlackRock's hedge funds and opportunistic funds, funds of hedge funds, private equity, private equity funds of funds, real estate and real assets.
Prior to joining BlackRock in 2013, Mr. Stewart worked at Credit Suisse in the Asset Management division, where he was Head of Liquid Alternatives and led their hedge fund, fund of hedge fund, index, credit and commodities teams. Mr. Stewart previously worked for Man Investments, Inc. where he was President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for business management and overall supervision of the firm's activities, and global head of Managed Accounts. Prior to joining Man Investments, Mr. Stewart was at Financial Risk Management (FRM), where he led FRM's product development and strategy effort and was a member of the board of directors. Before joining FRM, Mr. Stewart was an attorney in the Investment Funds Group at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
Mr. Stewart earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1996 and a JD, cum laude, from Indiana University in 1999.
