#11 - Stewardship (feat. Ray Cameron, Head of the Strategic Partner Program & Head of Corporate Client Strategy - The Americas at BlackRock)

Ray Cameron is the Head of the Strategic Partner Program - The Americas, and the Head of Corporate Client Strategy - The Americas at BlackRock. Prior to this, Ray had been Head of Investment Stewardship for 3 years. Before joining BlackRock in 2018, Ray worked in a variety of roles across Wall Street for over 20 years, including firms such as Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and Barclays. Ray holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Texas, Austin and a Masters of Business Administration from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. In today’s episode, Ross and Ray kick off their conversation with a discussion of Ray’s career and his appointment to leading roles at BlackRock. They then segue into a conversation about Ray’s core values and key lessons he’s learned throughout his career. Finally, they spend the remainder of the episode chatting about stewardship and steps that BlackRock, the leading asset manager by AUM globally, is taking to address current trends.