Olivia Markham

Portfolio Manager, BlackRock

Olivia Markham, CFA, Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Natural Resources Equity team within the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock’s Alpha Strategies Group. She co-manages the BlackRock World Mining Trust, the BGF World Mining Fund, the Commodities Income Investment Trust and a number of the team’s segregated portfolios. Ms. Markham joined BlackRock in 2011. Previously, she was head of the European Mining team at UBS with lead coverage of the UK diversified miners. Before moving to London in 2009, Ms. Markham worked for Merrill Lynch in Sydney covering the Australian miners. She also spent four years working within the Mergers and Acquisition team at BHP Billiton. Ms. Markham earned a BComm degree in finance from the University of Western Australia in 2003.

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