Stephan Bassas

Mr. Stephan Bassas is a Managing Director at BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. He is the lead portfolio manager for the fundamental US Investment Grade Credit and long duration team within BlackRock's Americas Fixed Income Alpha Strategies.
Previously, Mr. Bassas worked in the London office and was responsible for European investment grade corporate portfolios.
Prior to joining the firm, he was with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006.
He also worked as a portfolio manager and then an asset swap proprietary trader for Paribas Asset Management and Paribas Capital Markets in Luxembourg and London.
He earned an MBA degree from the University of Lyon, France in 1993 and attended the Investment Management Program at the London Business School in 2000.