Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, BlackRock Inc. (BLK) Board Tenure: 2021 – present Committee Memberships: Audit Committee; Risk Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Basis for Inclusion: Hans E. Vestberg holds a documented governance role as an independent director on the Audit and Risk Committees at BlackRock Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. Vestberg’s concurrent role as Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications — a major telecommunications company with extensive FCC regulatory relationships and government contract exposure — creates a governance profile of cross-sector significance. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

Biographical Overview

Hans E. Vestberg (born June 1965, Sweden) has been Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications since 2019 (CEO) and 2021 (Chairman). Before Verizon, he served as President and CEO of Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications equipment company, from 2009 to 2016. His background in global telecommunications infrastructure gives him operational perspective on the intersection of network technology, government regulation, and national security.

Vestberg joined Verizon’s board in 2017 and became CEO in 2018. His BlackRock board role, which began in 2021, creates an interesting governance dynamic: Verizon is a major issuer of corporate bonds that are widely held in BlackRock-managed fixed-income portfolios, and BlackRock’s index funds are among Verizon’s largest shareholders.

He holds an MBA from Uppsala University in Sweden.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK)
• Board tenure: 2021 – present
• Committee assignments: Audit Committee; Risk Committee
• Day job: Chairman & CEO, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the BlackRock — Corporate Donor Profile.

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Sources

• BlackRock Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed April 4, 2025; SEC EDGAR (CIK 2012383)