Omkar Shibad
Vice President | Global Fund Services | Product Oversight & Fund Implementation | BlackRock
- Role
- Vice President at BlackRock
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Omkar Shibad
Omkar Shibad is a Vice President at BlackRock with over 16+ years of experience in Global Fund Services, focused on building, scaling, and governing asset management operations. His background spans both asset management and client-servicing roles, providing an end-to-end perspective across the fund lifecycle, operating models, and governance frameworks. Having worked with India’s largest asset manager and the world’s largest asset manager, Omkar has led and supported fund implementations, launches, and fund operations across institutional and retail platforms. He brings hands-on exposure across a wide range of global asset classes, including:1.Hedge Funds2.Indian Mutual Funds3.Fund of Funds4.Private Equity5.SPVs6.Open-ended & Closed-ended U.S. Retail Mutual Funds 7.Actively Managed ETFs, 8.Interval Funds9.Collective Trust Funds (CTFs)At BlackRock, Omkar is a key lead within the Product Governance and Reporting team and was the founding team member to Project Mumbai, which established the firm’s pilot Product Oversight and Board Governance model in Mumbai. He drove the governance design, senior stakeholder and board-level engagement.In addition to his core role, he serves as the Mumbai Lead for Families & Allies at BlackRock, driving employee engagement and inclusion initiatives, including firm wide events such as Family Day.Earlier in his career, Omkar played a pivotal role in large-scale transitions and Global Capability Center (GCC) build-outs, including Project Ocean (migration of operations from Boston to Mumbai), the setup of State Street’s Mumbai captive, and Project Storm, a complex reverse transition from State Street Mumbai to HCL State Street. Omkar’s leadership experience spans middle- and back-office operations across the trade lifecycle, including trade capture, settlements, valuations, NAV oversight, financial and regulatory reporting, and line-of-credit management. He has partnered closely with technology, risk, and business teams on UAT, automation, and control enhancement initiatives, improving scalability and operational resilience. He has operated effectively as both a people leader and senior individual contributor, consistently delivering critical regulatory and client commitments in high-pressure environments.Leadership & Functional Expertise- Global Fund Services & Product Governance- GCC Setup, Scale & Transition Leadership- Fund Implementations, Launches & Liquidations- Operating Model Design & Control Frameworks- NAV Oversight & Financial / Regulatory Reporting- Stakeholder & Board-Level Engagement
Experience
Vice President
Jan 2026 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Driving fund lifecycle execution, including launches and liquidations, with a strong focus on governance, risk management, and operational excellence.Oversight of 6+ lines of credit across multiple product cycles, managing exposure exceeding $1.4bn. Partnering with consultants, client service managers, and business teams to deliver accurate expense ratio insights for Collective Trust Funds (CTFs) across BlackRock.Providing strategic oversight and formal sign-offs on N1A filings and financial statements for open-ended, closed-ended, interval funds, active ETFs, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and governance across product suites.
Education
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Associations M L Dahanukar College of Commerce Dixit Road Vile Parle East Mumbai 400 057
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting and Finance
2002 — 2006
University of Mumbai
Master of Management Studies (MMS) - Fulltime Program - Approved by the UGC, Finance and Financial Management Services
2008 — 2010
Skills
- Finance
- Fixed Income
- Hedge Funds
- Bonds
- Fund of Funds
- Derivatives
- Mis Reporting
- Financial Analysis
- Securities
- Knowledge Sharing
- Trading
- Investment Banking
- Fund Administration
- Asset Management
- Investments
- Financial Modeling
- Leadership
- Account Reconciliation
- Management Information Systems (Mis)
- Capital Markets
- P&L Reporting
- Bloomberg
- Corporate Actions
- Mutual Funds
- Team Management
- Fund Accounting
- Mis
- Fund Services
- Equities
- Financial Reporting
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