Colm Murtagh is a Managing Director and head of U.S. Institutional Rates at Tradeweb overseeing market development, strategic planning and product management for the business. Previously, he held various roles at BlackRock, where he spent 18 years, most recently serving as Head of U.S. Rates Trading. Before that, he was Portfolio Manager focused on Treasuries, Agency MBS, Swaps, Futures and Agencies. He was also a member of the firm’s Investment Strategy Group helping to shape the firm’s approach to trading interest rate products and agency mortgages. Earlier he held various roles in operations, analytics and administration at BlackRock before joining the Portfolio Management team in 2001. He holds a B.Comm. from University College Dublin.