Yu Yu

Director of Data Science at BlackRock

Yu Yu is a data science director in BlackRock, leading a team of data scientists to develop AI solutions. Her team has been building AI solutions for Global Client Business, Marketing, Client Experiences and beyond. She has led the development of Experimental Design and Analysis for USWA, Client Tiering and Segmentation, Fund Flow Drivers, OCIO Leads Creation, Client Lifetime Value, etc. Most recently she had been leading Gen AI data science development on RFP Companion and ChatBLK chatbot. Prior to joining BlackRock, Yu Yu was a Director of Data Science at Bank of New York Mellon, where she built AI solutions that can help improve business outcomes for the bank as well as for its clients by driving automation, reducing risk and delivering actionable insights. Her project on liquidity forecasting won the 2020 Gartner Eye on Innovation Award in Americas Financial Services. Before BNYM, Yu also worked at Point72 and AIG, where she leveraged cutting-edge statistical modeling and ML techniques to solve a wide range of investment and business problems. Yu was a tenure-track professor of marketing at Georgia State University for nearly five years prior to her industry careers. Yu Yu grew up in China and received her bachelor’s degree in finance from NanKai University. She went on to earn a master’s in economics from Indiana University—Bloomington and a PhD in Quantitative Marketing from Cornell University Johnson School of Management.