Rob drives BlackRock's digital assets strategy, including working with internal business units to develop and execute strategic initiatives involving distributed ledger technology ("DLT") and digital assets. Before joining BlackRock, Robbie worked at the CPP Investment Board in Public Markets and Private Investments and Ripple. While at Ripple, Robbie co-authored 'A Fundamental Valuation Framework for Cryptoassets' along with John Bates Clark medal winner Susan Athey. Robbie has BA & BCOM degrees from Queen's University and an MBA from Stanford, where he graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar and the Robichek Award winner in Finance. He holds a Blockchain Technologies Certification from MIT Sloan and is a CFA Charterholder.