The world's largest listed asset manager has a new Asia-Pacific chief.

BlackRock has a new Asia-Pacific boss. Dr Geraldine Buckingham will be taking over as chair and head of the business in the Asia-Pacific region. She succeeds Ryan Stork, who becomes deputy global chief operating officer, based in New York. 

Both appointments take effect in February 2019 and Ms Buckingham will relocate to Hong Kong from New York, the firm, the world's largest listed asset manager ($6.4 trillion of AuM at end-September, 2018), said.

Dr Buckingham, who is senior managing director, is also global head of corporate strategy at BlackRock and a member of its global executive committee. She previously served as head of Americas corporate strategy. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, Dr Buckingham was a partner with McKinsey & Company’s financial services practice based in New York. She worked primarily with large global asset managers, gaining additional experience in wealth management and private equity, as well as functional expertise in strategy and organisation. Dr Buckingham received the Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University, where she earned a master of philosophy degree in comparative social policy. She earned her bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) degrees from Monash University.

Previously, Stork was the global head of the Aladdin Business within BlackRock Solutions in New York. (Aladdin is BlackRock’s fully-integrated investment management technology platform.) Within that business, Stork was responsible for client relationships and business development, as well as the implementation and delivery of Aladdin services and its third-party investment accounting business.

Prior to taking over the Aladdin Business, Stork was deputy head of BlackRock’s Europe, Middle East and Africa institutional business from 2005 to 2008. Based in London, he was responsible for business development and client service across the region. From 1999 to 2005, Stork worked within the institutional business leading the client service effort for BlackRock’s Financial Institutions Group.

Before joining BlackRock in 1999, Stork was a portfolio manager at PennCorp Financial Group, a life insurance holding company, where he oversaw asset allocation and external asset managers. He began his career in investments at Conning Asset Management.