Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Director, BlackRock Inc. (BLK); new nominee 2025 Board Tenure: 2025 – present (new nominee) Committee Memberships: None (initial) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

Biographical Overview

Kathleen Murphy served as President of Personal Investing at Fidelity Investments from 2009 to 2021, leading the segment responsible for Fidelity’s retail brokerage and individual retirement account business — overseeing trillions of dollars in retail investor assets. Before Fidelity, she held senior roles at ING Financial Services and its successor Voya Financial, including president of ING’s U.S. Insurance and Investments segment.

Murphy’s background leading one of Fidelity’s primary business units — a major competitor to BlackRock’s iShares ETF and retail investment management business — gives her a well-informed perspective on the retail investment management competitive landscape. She was nominated to the BlackRock board in 2025.

Board Role and Governance Authority

• Company: BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK)
• Board tenure: 2025 – present (new nominee)
• Committee assignments: None (initial)

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

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

Sources

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