Scott Amero

Scott Amero

TRUSTEE

Scott Amero is the former vice chairman and global chief investment officer for Fixed Income of BlackRock. Scott’s career at BlackRock spanned 20 years from 1990 to 2010. During this time BlackRock grew from a boutique investment firm with 20 employees to the largest investment management firm in the world with over 8,000 employees. He was the co-head of the Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group from 2000 to 2010 and served on the firm’s executive, operating, and leadership committees. In addition, he served as a director of Anthracite Capital, a publicly-traded real estate investment trust managed by BlackRock. Prior to joining BlackRock, he was a vice president in Fixed Income Research at The First Boston Corporation, where he authored numerous publications on fixed income securities. Scott earned a BA degree in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard University in 1985, and an MBA degree in finance from New York University in 1991. Having grown up in Maine, Scott has a strong interest in the outdoors and conservation. Scott and his wife Karen live in New Canaan, Connecticut with their four children, Janie, Zachary, Luke, and Xander, but are in Bozeman, Montana whenever possible.