Josh Lafer is a Managing Director and the Head of Portfolio Insights for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Lafer’s primary responsibilities include portfolio and asset management for BXCI’s portfolios as well as the evaluation of new investments across a range of strategies as part of the investment committee process.

Prior to his role in the Office of the CIO, Mr. Lafer was a member of Blackstone’s Private Credit Strategies investment team where his responsibilities included sourcing, analyzing, executing and monitoring private credit and equity investments across a diverse range of industries.

Before joining Blackstone in 2016 Mr. Lafer was a Vice President in Barclays Capital’s Financial Institutions Group where he was responsible for advising specialty finance clients on a range of M&A and capital markets transactions. Prior to Barclays Capital, Mr. Lafer worked at Ernst & Young where his responsibilities included derivatives valuation as part of the Financial Services team.

Mr. Lafer holds a BS from Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia University.