Emily Woodland is BlackRock’s APAC Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions (“STS”).

STS leads our firmwide sustainability and transition strategy, drives cross-functional change, supports client engagements, powers product ideation, and embeds expertise across the firm. STS sits within BlackRock Global Product Solutions (“GPS”), which is responsible for bringing the right products and solutions, in the right way, at the right time, to help our clients meet their goals.

Emily previously served as the Head of Sustainable Investment for Global Public Markets at AMP Capital, and prior to that as Investment Advisor for Asia Debt Management’s private credit sustainable investment programs in South East Asia.

Her subject matter expertise in sustainability is grounded in over 16 years of APAC investment management experience with UBS, across asset classes and investment styles. She began her career in equity and convertible bond trading for UBS Investment Bank, then served as a portfolio manager with the firm’s Fundamental Investment Group, and later as a portfolio manager in the long/short multi-strategy hedge fund team within UBS Asset Management.

Emily holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial & Business Economics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a Masters Degree in Corporate Environmental Governance from the University of Hong Kong, and is a CFA Charterholder.