Philip Vasan is Co-Head of Fundamental Equity Investing for BlackRock, Inc[1][2] and the Deputy Head of the Portfolio Management Group.

[5] Vasan became the Co-Head of Fundamental Equity Investing for BlackRock, Inc in February 2023[1] and the Deputy Head of PMG in July 2020.

Between 2006 and 2010, Vasan created a technology platform and strategy that drew many of the biggest hedge funds in the industry.

[11] That same year, Credit Suisse was ranked as the world's second largest prime broker by Hedge Fund Intelligence.

[12][16] In partnership with Professor Andrew Lo of MIT, and Pankaj Patel of Credit Suisse, Vasan launched the first passive and investible Equity 130/30 index.

[23][24] In that role, Vasan and the heads of Foreign Exchange from other major banks launched FXall, the market’s first online FX trading platform for institutional clients.

Before joining Credit Suisse, he worked for Citibank, trading interest rate and currency derivatives before running their FX options business in the US.