Daniel Mayston

Daniel Mayston is a senior investment professional and Managing Director at BlackRock, where he serves as the Head of Market Structure and Electronic Trading for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).1 He holds a PhD and is a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) charter holder.1

Professional Responsibilities

In his role at BlackRock, Dr. Mayston has several key responsibilities:

• Overseeing electronic trading initiatives
• Adapting the trading platform to market structure evolution
• Delivering execution research across all asset classes
• Leading the Market Structure and Trading Research teams globally
• Strengthening the role of quantitative data, modeling, and technology in the trading process

Research and Expertise

Dr. Mayston's work focuses on:

• Developing advanced transaction cost and liquidity models
• Combining traditional econometric techniques with innovative machine learning approaches
• Providing expertise on liquidity and liquidity risk

Background and Education

• PhD in Finance from the University of Cologne, with a focus on liquidity risk and limit order book markets
• Started his career as a Quantitative Researcher, developing short- and mid-horizon alpha signals and trading insights

Industry Involvement

Dr. Mayston is actively involved in the financial industry beyond his role at BlackRock:

• Represents BlackRock at various industry bodies and conferences
• Advocates for trading and market structure solutions that benefit end investors
• Recently assumed the Chair of the FMSB Electronic Trading and Technology Committee (ETTC)3

His LinkedIn profile can be found under the username daniel-mayston-378a041a.2