Benoit Sorel joined in November 2023 as Global Head of ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta business line. Prior to joining Amundi, Benoit was a Managing Director at BlackRock, where he was EMEA Head of Product for ETFs & Index Investing, based in London since 2018. Before this, Benoit was heading sales for ETFs & Index Investing for France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Monaco at BlackRock (2011-2018). Earlier in his career, he held several senior positions in business development on equity derivatives at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (2007-2011) and Bank of America (2006-2007), and was in the sovereign advisory team at Lazard Frères (2001-2006). Benoit began his career in 1999 at Credit Agricole Indosuez in Corporate Debt Restructuring and Export finance in Jakarta. Benoit is a graduate from ESCP-EAP with a major in Finance.

Mark has more than 14 years of experience in market intelligence, data analysis, and publishing, primarily focussed on research into sales, marketing and product development trends in the asset management industry. He has a strong understanding of cross-border mutual fund distribution dynamics, particularly in Europe. Prior to joining Research in Finance, he was a global insights director at Broadridge. He holds a BA in French and German and MSc in China and Globalisation, both from King’s College London, and a graduate diploma in economics from Birkbeck, University of London.