Charis Afan-Williams

Charis Afan-Williams leads BlackRock’s active sustainable product marketing efforts. She holds a CFA Institute's Certificate in ESG Investing. Charis is responsible for developing and implementing marketing campaigns across EMEA business priorities including impact strategies, the ESG thematics suite and the ESG regulations workstream.

Prior to joining BlackRock in June 2018, Charis worked as Senior Head of New Business at Wunderman Thompson (formerly J. Walter Thompson) with clients including Schroders, HSBC, Shell and Nestle. She also worked at Publicis Groupe as a Marketing Manager for brands including EE and UBS Wealth Management.

Charis graduated with a First Class Honours in English Literature, Language and Economics from the University of Buckingham.