“The Next Generation of Investor Trust”

Robert Stammers, CFA, is director of Investor Engagement on the Future of Finance team for CFA Institute. Prior to joining CFA Institute, Mr. Stammers was the principal for his founded company, where he consulted to aide real estate owners, lenders, and syndicators, develop and analyze structured real estate investments. As a senior executive for several institutional fund managers, Mr. Stammers was the portfolio manager for a $1 billion enhanced real estate fund, a $1.2 billion private timber fund, and several pension fund separate accounts. Mr. Stammers has his Bachelors of Arts in Economics from Connecticut College, his Master's in Business Administration from Emory University, and was awarded the CFA designation in 1997.

George Moriarty is Executive Editor and VP Content at Seeking Alpha. He joined the company in January 2012 as Managing Editor of Opinion & Analysis and works closely with CEO Eli Hoffmann and other company leaders on content and publishing initiatives for the Seeking Alpha contributor community. George has worked as a financial journalist and editor since 1997, most recently as Editor-in-Chief at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Online Platforms. Prior to Merrill, he was Executive Editor at TheStreet.com. He lives in Bucks County, PA, with his wife, four young children and two dogs. 

Alex leads BlackRock’s global marketing function and is responsible for developing and executing a global marketing strategy that supports the commercial growth ambitions of the firm,builds BlackRock’s corporate brand reputation and strengthens the BlackRock, iShares and Aladdin brands with our clients. Since rejoining BlackRock in 2018, Alex has been Global CMO of BlackRock’s ETF and Index Investing (EII) business as well as Chief Marketing Officer for North America. He rejoined from HP Inc. where he was Global CMO for HP’s PC and mobile device business. Prior to HP, Alex was at BlackRock, where he was Managing Director, responsible for iShares Global Brand and Advertising and US Marketing. Alex began his career in the automotive industry holding various business development and marketing roles at Renault and Honda in the UK and across Europe. He continued to build his marketing experience at global agency networks, building out digital marketing practices and leading global client accounts. Following this Alex spent 12 years at Visa Inc. where he held various executive marketing leadership roles across EMEA, Asia Pacific as well as North America, his last position being SVP, Global Head of Brand & Product Marketing. Alex has more than 25 years’ experience in international marketing and business development and holds a BA (Hons) degree in European Business and French from Nottingham Trent University.