Alexandre Roubaud

Head of ETF Secondary Market, EMEA BlackRock

Alexandre Roubaud heads the ETF Secondary Market team for BlackRock EMEA. The objective of his team is to advance and protect the growth of ETF trading across Europe. This is achieved by focusing on the resiliency of secondary markets and by developing and pushing innovations within its surrounding ecosystem, including ETF options, unit lending, collateral and execution strategies. Alongside his role at BlackRock, Alex is also a member of ESMA’s Secondary Markets Working Group & EuroCTP advisory committee. Mr. Roubaud joined BlackRock in 2013 from the ETF Capital Markets Team at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Prior to that, he worked at BNP Paribas as a structurer for passive mandates and index funds. He began his career in 2010 on the graduate scheme at LaBranche Structured Products, where he covered ETF market making.