Shary Moalemzadeh is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group.  Mr. Moalemzadeh is a member of the Investment Committee for the Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Growth funds.

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Moalemzadeh was at The Carlyle Group for over 17 years, where he was most recently a Partner and Co-Head of Illiquid Credit Strategies and Co-Head and a founding member of Carlyle Strategic Partners, focusing on special situations investment opportunities.  Mr. Moalemzadeh was member of the Investment Committees for several funds at Carlyle and a member of several management committees including most recently chair of the Global Promotions Committee and member of the Compliance and Regulatory Committee. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Moalemzadeh worked at Jacksons, Vestar Capital Partners and in the Leveraged Finance Group at Merrill Lynch. 

Mr. Moalemzadeh has previously served on the boards of numerous companies in a broad range of industries, including but not limited to Diversified Machine, Inc., Dynamic Precision Group, Metaldyne Corporation, Liberty Tire, Prime Clerk, Service King and Stellex Aerostructures, Inc. 

Mr. Moalemzadeh received a BS in finance and graduated cum laude from New York University’s Stern School of Business.