Olivia Markham, CFA, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Thematic and Sectors team within BlackRock's Fundamental Equity division. Ms. Markham is a member of the Materials pod and is a named co-manager on the team’s Mining, Circular Economy and Brown to Green Materials strategies.

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, with first class honours, in finance, from the University of Western Australia in 2003.