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Andrew Gidney

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COO for Technology & Operations and Head of Enterprise Solutions at BlackRock
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Andrew Gidney is the Global Head of Enterprise Solutions and COO for Tech & Ops at BlackRock. He brings extensive experience in business management across finance, governance, and process re-engineering. He holds a BA from the University of Leeds.

Andrew is committed to diversity and inclusion, actively supporting initiatives like #talkaboutblack. He also values continuous learning and self-reflection, seeing himself as a listener and a father.

He is a Board member and COO for the BlackRock UK Limited Trustee Company.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
COO for Technology & Operations and Head of Enterprise Solutions
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Enterprise Solutions
As Global Head of Enterprise Solutions, Andrew leads areas like Real Estate, Digital Workplace Technology, and Web Engineering at BlackRock.
Technology Operations
Andrew oversees financial, risk, change, and talent management for a 4, 000-person Technology & Operations organization at BlackRock.
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Career

Work history

2-2018
COO for Technology & Operations and Head of Enterprise Solutions
BlackRock
2-2012 - 2-2018
Global Head of Portfolio Compliance and COO of BLK Trust Company
BlackRock
11-2009 - 4-2012
Head of Business Infrastructure Services
BlackRock
2005 - 11-2009
Technology & Operations COO
BlackRock
2002 - 2005
Business Finance Officer
Barclays Global Investors
In the press

Media appearances

Leeds Finance Summit 2021 – Andrew Gidney, COO for Business Operations & Technology (BlackRock) announced as speaker. Featured in Facebook (Leeds Finance Summit)
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Education
1993 - 1996
BA
University of Leeds
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