Daniel Mayston has resigned from BlackRock after nearly 20 years at the world’s largest asset manager, according to sources close to the company.
Mayston was the firm’s head of electronic trading and market structure for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a role he had held for eight years, and has been an authoritative voice for the evolution of market structure to the benefit of the buy-side.
As a commentator and speaker his incisive views have driven dialogue around key topics for investors in positive directions, with contributions to many industry-wide initiatives, events and committees.
Mayston joined Blackrock in 2006 as a quantitative alpha and execution researcher, before becoming the global head of trading research in 2013. He held that role until 2016 when he was promoted to head of electronic trading and market structure for EMEA.
BlackRock did not respond to request for comment.
