Edwin N. Conway, Senior Managing Director, is Global Head of BlackRock Alternatives and a member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee. As Global Head of BlackRock Alternatives, he is responsible for the strategic direction and day-to-day oversight of BlackRock’s global platform of alternatives investment capabilities, spanning Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Credit, and Hedge Funds across both liquid and illiquid markets. Mr. Conway previously served as Global Head of BlackRock’s Institutional Client Business, responsible for the firm’s client strategy and relationship management across the global institutional client community. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2011, Mr. Conway was a Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group where he led the Global Investor Relations & Business Development Group. Before joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Conway was an Executive Director at Arden Asset Management, Inc., and prior to that, he was a Director at Credit Suisse Asset Management located both in London and New York. Mr. Conway earned a BComm degree from University College Dublin.