Alan Mason

Mr. Claude A.
Mason is a Co-Head of EII Markets & Investments at BlackRock Investment Management LLC and a Managing Director at BlackRock Fund Advisors.
He oversees Global Index Equity Portfolio Engineering, Institutional Index Business and Strategy and the EII Investment Process and Platform.
Mr. Mason is a member of the EII Management Committee and the firm's Operating and Human Capital Committees.
He is a founder and global MD sponsor for OUT, the firm's LGBT employee network.
Mr. Mason's service with the firm dates back to 1991, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Mason led a variety of investment functions including transition management, asset allocation and client solutions.
Mr. Mason was previously employed as a Global Head of Portfolio Management by Barclays Global Investors NA.
Mr. Mason earned a BA degree in music from Baylor University in 1983, summa cum laude, an MA degree in musicology from the University of Louisville in 1989, with honors, and an MA degree in ethnomusicology from University of California Berkeley in 1991.