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Ann Marie Petach

Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

BlackRock, Incorporated (BLK)

Industry: Finance

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On June 26, 2008, the Company announced that Ann Marie Petach has been named Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Company"s Executive Committee. Ms. Petach joined the Company in March 2007 as a Managing Director and served as global head of Business Finance. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Petach, 47, had served as Vice President and Treasurer of Ford Motor Company since 2004, prior to which Ms. Petach served as Assistant Treasurer. Ms. Petach"s responsibilities at Ford were global and included pension asset management, actuarial studies, banking, funding for Ford and Ford Credit, and risk management. Since joining Ford in 1984, Ms. Petach worked at two former joint ventures between Ford and Volkswagen, in Europe as Treasurer of AutoEuropa and in Brazil as Assistant Treasurer of AutoLatina. Ms. Petach earned a BA degree in business and Spanish from Muhlenberg College in 1982, and an MBA degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984.


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