Silvia Fernandez Edwards is the Director and Country Manager of BlackRock Chile. Before joining BlackRock, Silvia served as Head of Latin America Institutional at Amundi from 2017 to 2022, where she was responsible for developing and executing the commercial strategy for Central Banks, Sovereign Funds, Pension Funds, Insurance Companies, and local Asset Managers. During this period, she also oversaw Amundi’s offices in Chile and Mexico. From 2008 to 2017, Silvia was Country Manager in Chile and Director of Latin American Pension Funds at Pioneer Investments. Prior to her time at Pioneer, she worked as Institutional Director at Vision Advisors and began her career at CB Corredores de Bolsa. Silvia holds a degree in Industrial Civil Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.