Dr. Marko Milek

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.