Marko Milek is a Managing Director and Head of Aladdin Engineering in Asia Pacific. Based in
Singapore, he is responsible for developing talent, product, technology, platforms and service
functions in the region. Since early 2024, Marko focuses on development of BlackRock’s India
joint venture and frequently travels to Mumbai.

He believes end-to-end investment management and operations platforms are key to
institutional investors since analytics and data-driven decision making will continue to
improve investment outcomes.

Marko has significant experience in academia, technology and financial services – in areas
including software development, data and analytics, research, product and project
management, business development and general management. He held various technical,
business and management roles in the United States, Canada, Finland, Hong Kong and
Singapore over the past 20 years. Marko headed State Street’s Alpha platform services in APAC,
led IBM data and analytics software solutions architecture in ASEAN, managed large
development organizations and ran an M&A development integration.

Marko earned multiple degrees in physics and computer science from California Institute of
Technology in the United States, McGill University in Canada and University of Zagreb in
Croatia