Nikhil Mehra is managing director and head of APAC multi-asset strategies and solutions at BlackRock. The multi-asset strategies and solutions (MASS) team sits at the heart of BlackRock’s portfolio construction, asset allocation and active management ecosystem, drawing on the full toolkit of BlackRock’s index, factor and alpha-seeking investment capabilities to deliver precise investment outcomes and alpha insights. MASS constructs active asset allocation strategies and whole portfolio solutions across commingled funds, separate accounts, model portfolios and outsourcing solutions across the wealth and institutional channels.
Mehra joined BlackRock in 2016. Prior to his current role, he served as segment CIO for EMEA Wealth within MASS, responsible for the investment proposition and performance of mandates in the EMEA Wealth segment. Before joining BlackRock, he was a portfolio manager at Santander Asset Management within the firm’s global multi-asset solutions team, where his primary responsibility was determining asset allocation across retail and institutional multi-asset portfolios. Prior to that, he was a multi-asset strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch within the wealth management division’s chief investment office.
Mehra holds an MSc in finance and economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in economics from the University of Bath.
