Rui Zhao

Dr. Rui Zhao is a Managing Director & Portfolio Manager at BlackRock Advisors LLC.
She is a member of BlackRock's Systematic Active Equity team.
She is responsible for developing and managing the China strategies.
Dr. Zhao's service with the firm dates back to 2006.
Previously she was a portfolio manager and research analyst for the New York based Quantitative Equity team, as well as a researcher on the Developed Markets team in the Systematic Active Equity group.
In 2003, she was a part-time associate at Citigroup, developing a market impact model for block trade.
In 2000, she was an account manager with Joyo.com Limited.
Dr. Zhao earned a BS degree, with honors, in statistics and a BA degree in economics, both from Peking University, and a PhD in finance from Columbia Business School.