Sean Carney

Sean Carney, Director, is the Head of Municipal Strategy at BlackRock, one of the largest managers of U.S. municipal bond assets. He is also a member of the firm’s Investment Strategy Team, a nine-member committee led by Peter Hayes and tasked with setting the strategic direction of BlackRock’s tax-exempt product suite.

Mr. Carney has 13 years’ experience in the industry, having joined BlackRock in 2007 as a municipal bond trader on the Private Investor platform and previously working as a municipal bond broker at Chapdelaine & Co. in New York City.

In his current role as Head Municipal Strategist, Mr. Carney monitors market developments on a daily basis and offers analysis and interpretation of technical and fundamental developments for BlackRock’s broader municipal bond organization. He is a frequent commentator on the market and is a lead author of the firm’s monthly municipal market review and outlook.

Mr. Carney holds a bachelor’s degree from Moravian College and served six years as an infantryman in the U.S. Army National Guard.