As STOXX’s Global Head of Index Product Development and Benchmarks, Serkan Batir is responsible for R&D across Sustainability, Thematics, Strategy indices and benchmarks. Before joining STOXX, Serkan held multiple leadership roles at BlackRock, including Head of Portfolio Management for EEGA (Eastern Europe, Germany and Austria) and Switzerland, and Head of Product Management, Germany at BlackRock. He joined BlackRock in 2008 as a Senior Portfolio Manager. His responsibilities included overall trading and management responsibility for German and Swiss-domiciled index funds in various asset classes, including equities, fixed income and physical and synthetic commodities.