Deepika Sharma

Deepika (Dee) Sharma is, Director, Portfolio Construction Research and Portfolio Manager for BlackRock's Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions team, which includes the global Outsourced CIO (OCIO) and Wealth Solutions business. Most recently, Dee was the Global Head of Manager Selection, with a focus on selecting and combining external strategies across public and private markets. Deepika has spent over 15 years in portfolio management, research, and asset allocation and has published extensively including in the Journal of Investing. Prior to joining BlackRock, she was a Portfolio Manager and Director of Investment Research at Astor Investment Management, a $2bn asset management firm, where she built a multi-alternative strategy awarded with Refinitiv Lipper awards. She previously worked within the Fixed Income Proprietary Trading group at Nomura and began her career as an analyst on the structured credit desk at Lehman Brothers. Deepika recently served as Chair of the Board of Directors at CFA Society New York, the largest of the 142+ societies that comprise CFA Institute worldwide with over 10,000 members.  Deepika holds a Masters in International Finance at Columbia University.