Corentin Couvidat is a Director in BlackRock's Government Affairs and Public Policy team. Based in Paris, Corentin is responsible for engaging a wide set of stakeholders (public authorities, clients, media, NGOs, think tanks, trade associations...) on issues impacting savings, investments and capital markets. He actively contributes to the work of our French, European and Global trade associations and was appointed to the French AMF's post-trade consultative committee. Corentin joined BlackRock in 2021 from Natixis Investment Managers, where he was in charge of EU Regulatory Affairs. Prior to that, Corentin was a public affairs consultant at FleishmanHillard in Brussels, where he advised leading global financial institutions on their government relations and corporate reputation strategies. Corentin graduated in Financial Law and European Studies from Paris Dauphine University and Sciences Po Strasbourg respectively.