Robert W. Fairbairn

Overview

Robert W. Fairbairn (age 42), has been vice chairman and chairman of Europe, Middle East, Africa ("EMEA") and Australia of BlackRock since 2006. Mr. Fairbairn is also a member of BlackRock"s executive committee. Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr. Fairbairn was senior vice president of Merrill Lynch since January 2006 and head of MLIM"s EMEA Pacific region since May 2005. Mr. Fairbairn was appointed head of MLIM"s EMEA Sales Division in 1999 and appointed chief operating officer of MLIM"s EMEA Pacific region in March 2001. Prior to joining MLIM, Mr. Fairbairn worked for the asset management divisions of Lazard and GT Management.