Alexandre Roubaud has been promoted at BlackRock, stepping up as the firm’s new head of EMEA ETF markets.
The new position marks an extension of Roubaud’s ongoing 12-year tenure at BlackRock, having initially joined the firm in 2013 working across broker dealer execution for ETF capital markets, before moving into his most recent role as EMEA head of secondary and options markets for iShares.
London-based Roubaud has worked across capital markets for almost two decades, and prior to his time at BlackRock, spent a year at Credit Suisse as an ETF capital markets specialist.
He has also served in ETF-related roles at BNP Paribas and LaBranche Structured Products, and earlier in his career, served at Credit Agricole in Paris in a position covering interest rate derivatives e-trading.
BlackRock confirmed the appointment when contacted by The TRADE.
The promotion aligns with further shakeups for BlackRock’s senior leadership team in recent months. In December 2025 the firm named Paul Battams as global head of equity trading, following 17 years at the investment management giant.
He had most recently served as head of international equity trading.