Meet the People at BlackRock®

BlackRock's Multi Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) group has an extensive track record of building innovative strategies and is responsible for actively constructing and monitoring the model portfolio.

  • More than 500 investment specialists help build the model portfolios1
  • More than $1 trillion (MASS AUM) in assets with more than $26 billion specifically in multi-asset income-oriented portfolio strategies1
  • Leveraging BlackRock's more than 30 years' experience in risk management strategies1

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC Executive Team1

Alex Shingler, CFA®

  • Managing Director
  • JOINED BLACKROCK: 2009

Alex Shingler, CFA, Managing Director, is the Co-Head of Income Investing for BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) group. The MASS Income team manages strategies that seek to deliver attractive risk-adjusted income and total return across multiple risk profiles to clients globally. Mr. Shingler is a member of the MASS Executive Committee. Mr. Shingler has spent his career investing across equity and fixed income markets. Prior to his current role, he served as a portfolio manager and research analyst within BlackRock's European and US credit businesses. Before joining BlackRock in 2009 in London, Mr. Shingler focused on special situation equity investments. Mr. Shingler earned an AB degree, summa cum laude, in philosophy from Princeton University. He grew up in Montreal, Canada and resides in the New York City area with his wife and daughter.

Justin Christofel, CFA®, CAIA

  • MANAGING DIRECTOR
  • Joined BlackRock: 2007

Justin Christofel, CFA, CAIA, Managing Director, is the Co-Head of Income Investing for BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) group. The MASS Income team manages strategies that seek to deliver attractive risk-adjusted income and total return across multiple risk profiles to clients globally. Mr. Christofel is a member of the MASS Executive Committee and Blackrock’s Global Human Capital Committee. Prior to the launch of the Income strategies, Mr. Christofel managed customized asset allocation portfolios for institutional investors. He also managed volatility control strategies, and a multi-asset real return portfolio. Mr. Christofel joined Blackrock in 2007 from Oliver Wyman, a consulting firm specializing in financial services. His projects spanned from retail banking to structured finance. 

Mr. Christofel graduated from Yale University with a BA degree, with honors, in economics and mathematics.