Our People
Leadership
Executive Officers
Stephen A. Schwarzman*
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder
Stephen A. Schwarzman is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s largest alternative investment firms with over $1.1 trillion Assets Under Management (as of September 30, 2024). Mr. Schwarzman has been involved in all phases of Blackstone’s development since its founding in 1985. The firm has established leading investing businesses across asset classes, including private equity, where it is a global leader in traditional buyout, growth equity, special situations and secondary investing; real estate, where it is currently the largest owner of commercial property in the world; multi-asset investing, where it is the world’s largest discretionary allocator to hedge funds; and credit, where it is a global leader and major provider of credit for companies of all sizes. Blackstone also has major businesses dedicated to infrastructure and life sciences investing, as well as delivering the firm’s investment management expertise and products to insurance companies.
Mr. Schwarzman is an active philanthropist with a history of supporting education, as well as culture and the arts, among other things. In 2020, he signed The Giving Pledge, committing to give the majority of his wealth to philanthropic causes. In both business and philanthropy, Mr. Schwarzman has dedicated himself to tackling big problems with transformative solutions. In June 2019, he donated £150 million to the University of Oxford to help redefine the study of the humanities for the 21st century. His gift – the largest single donation to Oxford since the renaissance – will create a new Centre for the Humanities which unites all humanities faculties under one roof for the first time in Oxford’s history, and will offer new performing arts and exhibition venues as well as a new Institute for Ethics in AI. In October 2018, he announced a foundational $350 million gift to establish the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, an interdisciplinary hub which will reorient MIT to address the opportunities and challenges presented by the rise of artificial intelligence, including critical ethical and policy considerations to ensure that the technologies are employed for the common good. In 2015, Mr. Schwarzman donated $150 million to Yale University to establish the Schwarzman Center, a first-of-its-kind campus center in Yale’s historic “Commons” building, and also gave a founding gift of $40 million to the Inner-City Scholarship Fund, which provides tuition assistance to underprivileged children attending Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York. In 2013, he founded an international scholarship program, “Schwarzman Scholars,” at Tsinghua University in Beijing to educate future leaders about China. At over $575 million, the program is modeled on the Rhodes Scholarship and is the single largest philanthropic effort in China’s history coming largely from international donors. Mr. Schwarzman is Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Schwarzman Scholars. In 2007, Mr. Schwarzman donated $100 million to the New York Public Library on whose board he serves.
In 2019, Schwarzman published his first book What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, a New York Times Best Seller which draws from his experiences in business, philanthropy and public service.
Mr. Schwarzman is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, The Business Council, The Business Roundtable, and The International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He is a former co-chair of the Partnership for New York City and serves on the boards of The Asia Society and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, as well as on The Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is a Trustee of The Frick Collection in New York City and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 2007, Mr. Schwarzman was included in TIME’s “100 Most Influential People.” In 2016, he topped Forbes Magazine’s list of the most influential people in finance and in 2018 was ranked in the Top 50 on Forbes’ list of the “World’s Most Powerful People.” In 2019, he was named one of Barron’s “World’s Best CEOs.” The Republic of France has awarded Mr. Schwarzman both the Légion d’Honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Letters at the Commandeur level. Mr. Schwarzman is one of the only Americans to receive both awards recognizing significant contributions to France. He was also awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico’s highest honor for foreigners, for his work on behalf of the U.S. in support of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in 2018. Also, at the University of Oxford, Mr. Schwarzman was elected a Wykeham Fellow at New College in 2021 and a Waynflete Fellow at Magdalen College in 2023. In 2024, Mr. Schwarzman was appointed as an Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) in recognition of his services to philanthropy. He is a recipient of the Arthur Ross Award for Patronage from the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art.
Mr. Schwarzman holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Management and on the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors.
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Jonathan Gray*
President & Chief Operating Officer
Jonathan (“Jon”) Gray is President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone and is a member of the board of directors. He sits on the firm’s Management Committee and most of its investment committees. Mr. Gray previously served as Global Head of Real Estate, which he helped build into the largest commercial real estate platform in the world. Mr. Gray joined Blackstone in 1992.
Mr. Gray currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Hilton Worldwide. He also serves on the board of Corebridge Financial and Harlem Village Academies. Mr. Gray and his wife, Mindy, established the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine focused on the prevention and treatment of certain genetically caused cancers. They also established NYC Kids RISE in partnership with the City of New York to accelerate college savings for low-income children.
Mr. Gray received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA in English from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Chae
Chief Financial Officer
Michael S. Chae is the Chief Financial Officer of Blackstone. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and investment committees across most of the firm’s businesses. Since joining Blackstone in 1997, Mr. Chae has served in a broad range of leadership roles including Head of International Private Equity, Head of Private Equity for Asia Pacific, and as a senior partner in the U.S. Private Equity business, where he led numerous Blackstone investments and served on the boards of many private and publicly traded portfolio companies.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Chae previously worked at The Carlyle Group and Dillon, Read & Co.
Mr. Chae received an AB from Harvard College, an MPhil. in International Relations from Cambridge University and a JD from Yale Law School. He has been active in the non-profit world with a focus on education and policy. Mr. Chae served as the President of the Board of Trustees of the Lawrenceville School, and remains a Trustee Emeritus and co-chair of its capital campaign. He serves on the boards of the Robin Hood Foundation, the St. Bernard’s School, the Asia Society, and the Harvard Management Company. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and recently founded the Chae Initiative in Private Sector Leadership at Yale Law School.
John G. Finley
Chief Legal Officer
John G. Finley is the firm’s Chief Legal Officer and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Finley was a partner at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where he co-headed the global mergers and acquisitions group. Mr. Finley has a BS in Economics, summa cum laude, from The Wharton School, a BA summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD cum laude from the Harvard Law School.
Vik Sawhney
Chief Administrative Officer
Vik Sawhney is Blackstone’s Chief Administrative Officer, Global Head of Institutional Client Solutions, and a member of the firm’s Management Committee.
Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Sawhney started Blackstone Capital Markets and also served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Private Equity group. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Sawhney worked as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, and prior to that at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Mr. Sawhney currently sits on the Board of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. He is also the Board Chair of Dream, an east Harlem-based educational and social services organization, and a Trustee of Quinnipiac University. He graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
Senior Leadership
Christine Anderson
Global Head of Corporate Affairs
Christine Anderson serves as Global Head of Corporate Affairs, overseeing Public Affairs, Marketing, and ESG functions.
She serves as the primary spokesperson for the firm, advising Blackstone’s senior leaders and business groups, as well as companies across Blackstone’s portfolio on communications strategy. She oversees the firm’s marketing function, including its content creation and self-publishing efforts. She also leads Blackstone’s efforts related to Environmental, Social and Governance issues.
Before joining Blackstone in 2009, Ms. Anderson served as Communications Director and Director of Marketing to the former Governor of New York as well as Communications Director on the 2006 gubernatorial campaign. Before working in state government, Ms. Anderson was an Associate Director of Corporate Communications at UBS AG supporting U.S. media relations and serving as a spokesperson for the company’s Wealth Management division. During the 2004 U.S. Presidential election cycle, she served as a Deputy Press Secretary on the Kerry-Edwards campaign. Ms. Anderson also previously worked as an Account Director at the public relations firm Brunswick and as a Segment Producer for ABC News’ “Good Morning America” after starting her career in the Press Office of the Clinton White House.
Ms. Anderson received a BA from The College of the Holy Cross. She serves on the board of Diligent Corp. and the boards of several non-profits including: the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the GO Project and the Nature Conservancy’s Impact Finance & Markets advisory board.
Lionel Assant
Global Co-Chief Investment Officer
Lionel Assant is the Global Co-Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone. As Co-CIO, he works in conjunction with business unit CIOs and Group Heads to provide additional firm-level investment oversight across Blackstone’s Private Equity (PE) complex, including Corporate PE, Infrastructure, Tactical Opportunities, Growth, and Life Sciences.
Mr. Assant also serves as Blackstone’s European Head of Private Equity. He joined Blackstone in 2003 and has run the European PE business since 2012.
Mr. Assant currently serves as a Director of Clarion Events, CIRSA, BME (formerly CRH Building Materials Distribution), Bourne Leisure, VFS and Adevinta. He previously served on the boards of Gerresheimer, Klockner Pentaplast, Mivisa, United Biscuits, Alliance Automotive Group, Tangerine, Intertrust, Armacell, Cerdia, Schenck Process and the National Exhibition Centre.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Assant was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management and Private Equity divisions.
Mr. Assant graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique with a Master’s in Economics. He is also involved with Impetus, a charitable foundation which provides resources to improve the lives of children and young people living in poverty.
Joseph Baratta*
Global Head of Private Equity
Joseph Baratta is the Global Head of Private Equity and a member of Blackstone’s Board of Directors. He is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee and serves on many of the firm’s investment committees.
Mr. Baratta joined Blackstone in 1998 and in 2001 he moved to London to help establish Blackstone’s corporate private equity business in Europe. Since 2012, Mr. Baratta has served as the firm’s Global Head of Private Equity and is located in New York.
Mr. Baratta has served on the boards of many past Blackstone portfolio companies and currently serves as a member or observer on the boards of Ancestry, Candle Media, First Eagle Investment Management, Medline, Merlin Entertainments Group and Copeland. He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees of Georgetown University; is a trustee of the Tate Foundation; and serves on the board of Year Up, an organization focused on youth employment.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Baratta was with Tinicum Incorporated and McCown De Leeuw & Company. Mr. Baratta also worked at Morgan Stanley in its mergers and acquisitions department. Mr. Baratta graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University.
Wayne Berman
Global Head of Government Relations
David Blitzer
Global Head of Tactical Opportunities
David Blitzer is the Global Head of Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities group (Tac Opps), and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He is also involved in the Tac Opps Investment Committee. Tac Opps is Blackstone’s opportunistic investment business which invests globally across asset classes and industries and seeks to identify and execute on attractive, differentiated investment opportunities.
Prior to launching Tac Opps, Mr. Blitzer had been involved in the execution of Blackstone investments across a variety of asset classes, including establishing and leading Blackstone’s European private equity business. He joined the firm in 1991.
Mr. Blitzer is based in New York and graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Blitzer currently serves on the Boards of Dream, a youth development organization servicing over 2,200 inner city children, and the Riverdale Country School, the Advisory Board of the Mount Sinai Surgical Department, the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School and the Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania.
Martin Brand
Head of North America Private Equity and Global Co-Head of Technology Investing
Martin Brand is Head of North America Private Equity and Global Co-Head of Technology Investing. He also serves as a member of several of the firm’s investment committees.
Mr. Brand was involved in Blackstone’s investments in Sphera, Ellucian, Renaissance Learning, Simpli.Fi, Refinitiv, Bumble, IntraFi, Paysafe, Vungle, Ultimate Software, Liftoff, Blue Yonder, Optiv, Kronos, Ipreo, Knight Capital Group, Lendmark, Exeter Finance, Viva, NCR, First Eagle, BankUnited, PBF Energy, Performance Food Group, Travelport, New Skies, Cine UK, NHP, Kabel BW, Kabelnetz NRW, Primacom, and Sulo.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Brand worked as a derivatives trader with Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo, and with McKinsey & Company in London.
Mr. Brand received a BA/MA in Mathematics and Computation, First Class Honors, from Oxford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is a director of London Stock Exchange Group, UKG Software, Liftoff Mobile, and First Eagle. He is a Trustee of the American Academy Berlin.
Kenneth Caplan
Global Co-Chief Investment Officer
Kenneth A. Caplan is the Global Co-Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone. As Co-CIO, he works in conjunction with business unit CIOs and Group Heads to provide additional firm-level investment oversight, primarily across Real Estate and Credit & Insurance (BXCI).
Mr. Caplan previously served as Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate and an industry leader in opportunistic, core plus and debt investing across North America, Europe and Asia.
Prior to becoming Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate, Mr. Caplan served as Global Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Real Estate and Head of Real Estate Europe. Since joining the firm in 1997, Mr. Caplan has been involved in over $100 billion of real estate acquisitions and initiatives in the United States, Europe and Asia. These include major acquisitions such as Equity Office Properties, Hilton Hotels, Logicor and GE Real Estate.
Before joining Blackstone, he was at Lazard Freres & Co. in the real estate investment banking group. Mr. Caplan received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a John Harvard Scholar. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Prep for Prep.
Gilles Dellaert
Global Head of Blackstone Credit & Insurance
Gilles Dellaert is the Global Head of Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Dellaert served as the Global Head of Blackstone Insurance Solutions where he was involved in the new partnerships with Corebridge, Everlake and Resolution Life. Before joining Blackstone in April 2020, Mr. Dellaert served as Co-President and Chief Investment Officer of Global Atlantic Financial Group. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs in its Reinsurance Group which became Global Atlantic upon its separation in 2013. Prior to that he was with Goldman Sachs in its Credit Trading business and with JP Morgan.
Mr. Dellaert holds a bachelor’s degree from Ghent University in Belgium.
Joe Dowling
Global Head of BXMA
Joe Dowling is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA), where he oversees and leads all of BXMA’s investment activities.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Dowling led Brown University’s endowment, including as Chief Executive Officer from July 2018 to July 2020 and Chief Investment Officer from June 2013 to July 2018. Mr. Dowling also served as interim Chief Financial Officer of the University from May 2019 until January 2020, leading all finance and treasury functions as well as cash and debt management.
Before joining Brown University, he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Narragansett Asset Management, where he managed funds for institutions, pension funds, and endowments. Mr. Dowling has also worked for First Boston and Tudor Investments.
Mr. Dowling has a B.A. from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Nicholas Galakatos
Global Head of Life Sciences
Nicholas Galakatos is the Global Head of Life Sciences and is the Chairman of its Investment Committee, having joined Blackstone as part of its acquisition of Clarus in December 2018.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Dr. Galakatos was a co-Founder and Managing Director of Clarus since the firm’s inception in 2005. Dr. Galakatos has over 30 years of industry and investment experience in the healthcare sector and has led investments in biotechnology, pharmaceutical company partnerships, and diagnostics, from startups to commercial-stage companies. Before Clarus, Dr. Galakatos was a General Partner at MPM Capital, a healthcare venture capital firm. From 1997 to 2000 he was Vice President of New Business at Millennium Pharmaceuticals (presently Takeda) and a member of the Management Team. He is a founder of Millennium Predictive Medicine and TransForm Pharmaceuticals, where he was the Chairman and founding CEO. Dr. Galakatos is the Chairman of Anthos Therapeutics and a member of the Board of Directors of Talaris, Inc (NASDAQ: TALS) and BioMed Realty. He is a member of the Director’s Council of the Koch Institute at MIT and a member of the Board of Trustees at Reed College.
Dr. Galakatos earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry from MIT and performed his post-doctoral studies at Harvard Medical School. He earned his undergraduate degree at Reed College.
Sean Klimczak
Global Head of Infrastructure
Sean Klimczak is the Global Head of Infrastructure and a Senior Managing Director. Since joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Klimczak has been involved in the execution of numerous Blackstone investments, including Applegreen, Autostrade per l’Italia (ASPI), Carrix, Cheniere Energy Partners, FirstEnergy, Hotwire Communications, Invenergy Renewables, Mundys, NIPSCO, Phoenix Tower International, QTS Realty Trust, Signature Aviation, Tallgrass Energy, Sithe Global, Fisterra, Custom Truck One Source, Meerwind, GridLiance, and Transmission Developers.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Klimczak was an Associate at Madison Dearborn Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Klimczak worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley & Company’s Investment Banking Division.
Mr. Klimczak received a BBA in Finance and Business Economics from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, and an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he graduated with the highest academic standing in his class and was selected as a Baker Scholar, a John L. Loeb Fellow, a Henry Ford II Scholar and a William J. Carey Scholar. Mr. Klimczak serves as a director of Cheniere Energy, Inc., Transmission Developers and The Blackstone Charitable Foundation. He also serves as a member of the Alumni Board of Harvard Business School, the Board of Trustees of Saint David’s School and the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Advisory Council. Mr. Klimczak was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2015.
Jon Korngold
Global Co-Head of Technology Investing and Head of Blackstone Growth
Jon Korngold is the Global Co-Head of Technology Investing and Head of Blackstone Growth (BXG), which is focused on providing capital to companies seeking to manage the execution risks associated with high-growth environments. Jon is a member of both the BXG and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committees.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2019, Jon was a member of General Atlantic’s Management and Investment Committees, Chairman of the firm’s Portfolio Committee, and led the firm’s Global Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. Jon also previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and in the Mergers & Acquisitions groups in London and New York, respectively. Jon has spent extensive time in China, where he studied Mandarin Chinese at Peking University and did pro bono work for the U.S. Embassy’s Foreign Commercial Service in Beijing.
Jon is active with Harvard University, where he is a member of the Harvard College Fund’s Executive Committee and where he Co-Chairs fundraising for his College class. In addition, he is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, a member of the Rockefeller University Council, a member of the New York Weill Cornell Council, a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Commissioned Kentucky Colonel, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History’s Advisory Council. Jon has also served as a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic, of The Dalton School, of The Central Park Conservancy and of the 92nd Street Y, among other institutions.
Jon has also been recognized for his efforts in the financial services sector, including having been ranked #1 in Institutional Investor’s list of global Financial Technology dealmakers on multiple occasions.
He received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, graduating with Honors, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Kathleen McCarthy
Global Co-Head of Real Estate
Kathleen McCarthy is the Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally and an industry leader in opportunistic, core plus and debt investing across North America, Europe and Asia. Ms. McCarthy focuses on driving performance and growth for Blackstone’s Real Estate business.
Ms. McCarthy previously served as Global Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Real Estate. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. McCarthy worked at Goldman Sachs, where she focused on investments for the Real Estate Principal Investment Area. Ms. McCarthy began her career at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.
Ms. McCarthy received a BA from Yale University. Ms. McCarthy is currently serving a three-year term as Chair of the Real Estate Roundtable, the industry’s top federal advocacy organization. She also serves on the boards of City Harvest and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, and is the President of the Board of Trustees of The Nightingale-Bamford School.
Nadeem Meghji
Global Co-Head of Real Estate
Nadeem Meghji is the Global Co-Head of Blackstone Real Estate. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally and an industry leader in opportunistic, core plus and debt investing across North America, Europe and Asia.
Mr. Meghji previously served as Head of Real Estate Americas and has played a leadership role in Blackstone Real Estate’s investment activity in the region. Mr. Meghji joined Blackstone in 2008.
Mr. Meghji received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He received a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Meghji serves as a board member for the Lupus Research Alliance and is the Co-Chair of the annual Rally Against Lupus fundraiser. Mr. Meghji was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2018.
Tom Nides
Vice Chairman, Strategy and Client Relations
Thomas R. Nides is a Vice Chairman, Strategy and Client Relations at Blackstone. He supports a variety of strategic firmwide initiatives, special projects and focus on senior client relationships globally.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Nides served as the United States’ Ambassador to Israel from 2021 to 2023. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley in various capacities including Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman. Nides was appointed Deputy Secretary of State and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. State Department by President Barack Obama and was awarded the nation’s highest diplomatic honor by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for his service. He has also previously been a senior leader at Credit Suisse, Fannie Mae, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and on Capitol Hill.
Nides currently serves on the boards of the Partnership for Public Service, the International Rescue Committee, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He formerly served as chairman of the board of the Woodrow Wilson Center. He received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
Verdun Perry
Global Head of Blackstone Strategic Partners
Verdun S. Perry is the Global Head of Blackstone Strategic Partners (“Strategic Partners”), one of the world’s largest secondary fund managers. Since 2000, Strategic Partners has been one of the market’s most prolific investors, having completed over 2,100 transactions focused on the purchase of private equity limited partnership interests and co-investments in leveraged buyout, real estate, venture capital and infrastructure assets. Mr. Perry joined Strategic Partners when it was founded in 2000 and chairs the investment committee for each of Strategic Partners’ funds.
Mr. Perry is the Vice-Chairman of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), an organization focused on narrowing the opportunity gap for minority high school and college students, as well as increasing diversity in the financial services industry. Mr. Perry also serves on the boards of Morehouse College, where he is a member of the Financial Sustainability Committee, the Partnership for Education Advancement, the New York Police & Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund, and is the Chairman of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. Mr. Perry founded Blackstone’s Diverse Professionals Network (“DPN”) in 2014 and chaired the network for its first 6 years. Mr. Perry was a member of the David Rockefeller Fellows Class of 2016. In 2021, Mr. Perry was selected as a Fellow of the fifth class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Before joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Perry was with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon and Eckhardt, Inc. Mr. Perry also worked in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Perry received a B.A. magna cum laude in Business Administration from Morehouse College in 1994, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2000, where he was a Robert Toigo Foundation Fellow.
Paige Ross
Global Head of Human Resources
Paige Ross is the Global Head of Human Resources at Blackstone. In this role she oversees human resource management globally for the firm. Ms. Ross brings more than 30 years of experience in talent development and strategic planning across a multitude of industries and geographies.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Ross served as the Managing Director of Talent Management at Centerbridge Partners, with a focus on leading Talent Management across the portfolio companies. She has also held senior human resources leadership positions at Pfizer, Avon and PepsiCo.
Ms. Ross earned her BA at Stony Brook University and PhD in Applied Organizational Psychology at Hofstra University.
Joan Solotar
Global Head of Private Wealth Solutions
Joan Solotar is the Global Head of Private Wealth Solutions. She serves on the firm’s Management Committee. Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions’ mission is to bring institutional quality products across a broad spectrum of alternative asset classes to high net worth clients and their advisors. Ms. Solotar also serves on the board of directors of First Eagle Investment Management.
Before joining Blackstone in 2007, Ms. Solotar was Head of Equity Research at Bank of America Securities and a highly ranked Institutional Investor All Star financial services analyst at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Ms. Solotar is a member of the Board of Trustees of East Harlem Tutorial Program and East Harlem Scholars Academies. She wrote a Harvard Business Review article entitled, “Truths for our Daughters,” and co-authored, “Truths from My Daughter.”
Ms. Solotar received a BS in Management Information Systems from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA in Finance from New York University.
John Stecher
Chief Technology Officer
John Stecher is the Chief Technology Officer of Blackstone. Mr. Stecher is responsible for all aspects of technology across Blackstone and advises the firm’s investment teams as well as acts as a resource to portfolio companies on technology-related matters.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Stecher was a Managing Director, the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Innovation Officer at Barclays, based in New York, and he was also a member of the Barclays Technology Management Committee. Prior to joining Barclays in August 2017, Mr. Stecher worked for Goldman Sachs where he held a variety of senior management and engineering roles across the firm’s capital markets and technology divisions, and most recently built their Marcus-branded consumer finance division. Mr. Stecher has had an extensive career in technology and engineering across industry sectors. Mr. Stecher was appointed as an IBM Master Inventor and led application development, architecture and strategy for IBM’s WebSphere product line in the Software Group, and he delivered/created over 45 patents across several diverse problem spaces.
Mr. Stecher holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a MS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota.
*Member of Blackstone’s Board of Directors
Board Members
Senator Kelly A. Ayotte
Former United States Senator from New Hampshire
Kelly A. Ayotte is a member of our board of directors. Ms. Ayotte was elected to the board of directors effective May 13, 2019. Ms. Ayotte represented New Hampshire in the United States Senate from 2011 to 2016, where she chaired the Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Operations. Ms. Ayotte also served on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Budget, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Aging Committees. Ms. Ayotte served as the “Sherpa” for Justice Neil Gorsuch, leading the effort to secure his confirmation to the United States Supreme Court.
From 2004 to 2009, Ms. Ayotte served as New Hampshire’s first female Attorney General having been appointed to that position by Republican Governor Craig Benson and reappointed twice by Democratic Governor John Lynch. Prior to that, she served as the Deputy Attorney General, Chief of the Homicide Prosecution Unit and as Legal Counsel to Governor Craig Benson. Ms. Ayotte began her career as a law clerk to the New Hampshire Supreme Court and as an associate at the Mclane Middleton law firm.
Ms. Ayotte serves on the board of directors of Caterpillar Inc., on its nomination and governance committee, and as chair on its sustainability and other public policy committee; the board of directors of News Corporation, on its nomination and governance committee, and as chair of its compensation committee; as the lead independent director on board of directors of Boston Properties, Inc.; the board of directors of Blink Health LLC; and as chair of the board of directors of BAE Systems Inc. Ms. Ayotte previously served on the board of directors of Bloom Energy Corporation and chaired its nomination and governance committee. Ms. Ayotte also serves on the advisory boards of Microsoft, Chubb Insurance and Cirtronics. Ms. Ayotte is a Senior Advisor to Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions. Ms. Ayotte also serves on the non-profit boards of the One Campaign, International Republican Institute, the McCain Institute, Winning for Women, NH Veteran’s Count and NH Swim with a Mission. Ms. Ayotte is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
James W. Breyer
Founder and CEO of Breyer Capital
James W. Breyer is a member of our board of directors. Mr. Breyer was elected to the board of directors effective July 14, 2016. Mr. Breyer is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Breyer Capital, a premier venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas and Menlo Park, California. Mr. Breyer has been an early investor in over 40 technology companies that have completed successful public offerings or mergers. He served as Partner at Accel Partners from 1990 to 2016 and Managing Partner from 1995 to 2011.
Over the past several years, Mr. Breyer has developed a deep personal and investment interest in long-term oriented entrepreneurs and teams working in artificial/augmented intelligence and human-assisted intelligence and has made numerous investments in this space. Mr. Breyer previously served on the board of directors of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. from 2011 to 2019, Facebook, Inc. from 2005 to 2013, Etsy, Inc. from 2008 to 2016, Dell, Inc. from 2009 to 2013 and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. from 2001 to 2013, as well as a number of other technology companies.
Mr. Breyer is a member of Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s Advisors, a member of Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council, a founding member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of Stanford University’s School of Engineering, Chairman of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund and founding member of the Stanford Institute for Human-Assisted Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board. In addition, Mr. Breyer is a long-time active volunteer as a Trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Film Institute and Stanford’s Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society.
Reginald (“Reg”) J. Brown
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Reginald J. Brown is a member of the board of directors of Blackstone. Mr. Brown was elected to the board of directors effective September 15, 2020. Mr. Brown is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Prior to joining Kirkland, Mr. Brown was a partner at WilmerHale, where he served as chairman of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group and led the firm’s congressional investigations practice as vice chair of the Crisis Management and Strategic Response Group. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Brown served as associate White House Counsel and special assistant to the President, and prior to serving in government he worked as Assistant to the CEO and Vice President for Corporate Strategy at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
Mr. Brown holds a BA from Yale University and a JD from Harvard Law School.
Rochelle B. Lazarus
Chairman Emeritus & Former Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Rochelle B. Lazarus is a member of our board of directors. Ms. Lazarus was elected to the board of directors effective July 9, 2013. Ms. Lazarus is Chairman Emeritus of Ogilvy & Mather and served as Chairman of that company from 1997 to June 2012.
Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, she also served as President of O&M Direct North America, Ogilvy & Mather New York, and Ogilvy & Mather North America. Ms. Lazarus currently serves on the boards of Rockefeller Capital Management, Organon, World Wildlife Fund, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Partnership for New York City. She also previously served on the board of General Electric Company and Merck & Co.
Ms. Lazarus is a trustee of the New York Presbyterian Hospital and is a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School.
William G. Parrett
Retired CEO and Senior Partner, Deloitte (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu)
William G. Parrett is a member of our board of directors. Mr. Parrett was elected to the board of directors effective November 9, 2007. Until May 31, 2007, Mr. Parrett served as the Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Senior Partner of Deloitte (USA). Certain of the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu or their subsidiaries and affiliates provide professional services to Blackstone or its affiliates. Mr. Parrett co- founded the Global Financial Services Industry practice of Deloitte and served as its first Chairman.
Mr. Parrett is a member of the board of directors of New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, ThoughtWorks, where he is the chair of the audit committee and a member of the nominating and governance Committee, and Oracle Corporation, where he is a member of the nominating and governance committee. Mr. Parrett was also previously a member of the board of directors of Eastman Kodak Company, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., UBS AG, UBS Americas and Conduent Inc. Mr. Parrett is a past Senior Trustee of the United States Council for International Business and a past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of United Way Worldwide. Mr. Parrett is a Certified Public Accountant with an active license.
Ruth Porat
President & Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google
Ruth is President and Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google with responsibility for corporate investments and investment vehicles, including GV and CapG, the Other Bets investment portfolio, Real Estate and Workplace Services, and other infrastructure. The role includes engaging with policymakers and regulators globally about Alphabet and Google’s business and impact across markets related to economic growth, job creation, and opportunity. Ruth also oversees Alphabet and Google’s philanthropic efforts and work to expand access to digital infrastructure and skilling initiatives globally. She reports to Alphabet’s Chief Executive Officer.
Ruth joined Google in May 2015 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Google and held the same title at Alphabet upon creation in October 2015. Prior to joining Google, Ruth was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley and held roles there that included Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking and Global Head of the Financial Institutions Group. Ruth is a member of the Board of Directors of Blackstone Inc., the Stanford Management Company, the Council on Foreign Relations, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the Board of Trustees of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She previously spent 10 years on Stanford University’s Board of Trustees.
Ruth holds a BA from Stanford University, an MSc from The London School of Economics and an MBA from the Wharton School.
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Qasim Abbas
Sr. Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - London
Qasim Abbas is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities group at Blackstone. Mr. Abbas leads the group’s European investment strategy, with a particular focus on financial services, and is a member of the Tactical Opportunities Investment Committee. Mr. Abbas has been responsible for leading the group’s investments in Currencies Direct, Hipgnosis, Ki Insurance, Prima, NIBC, Rothesay Life, The Northview Group, performing mortgage pool acquisitions, FinTech platforms as well as the establishment of de novo lending platforms.
Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Abbas was a Portfolio Manager with Trafalgar Asset Managers (a European credit-focused hedge fund), where he invested and traded in European Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities across a range of asset classes. Prior to that, he was responsible for establishing a Europe-focused mortgage loan portfolio trading and investment desk at UBS AG in London, and previously spent eight years at Citigroup in emerging markets, securitization, and asset-backed special situations roles.
Mr. Abbas received a B.A. in Economics and Government from Clark University. He currently serves as a director of Currencies Direct, NIBC, The Northview Group, Hipgnosis and Lombard International, and was formerly a director of Rothesay Life.
Riad Abrahams
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Riad Abrahams is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA), where he serves as Head of Strategy.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Abrahams served as Chief Strategist and Head of Quantitative Investing at Maverick Capital, a global long/short equity fund. At Maverick, Mr. Abrahams also sat on the Portfolio Management Committee and Stock Committee, and he was a prior Co-Head of the Consumer Sector. He started his professional career at Blackstone in 1999 as a member of the Private Equity group.
Mr. Abrahams has a B.A. from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He sits on the Investment Committee for Cranbrook Schools.
Matthew Adcock
Managing Director
Real Estate - Sydney
Matthew Adcock is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in Sydney and is involved in the financing and capital markets activities for Asia Pacific real estate investments.
Mr. Adcock joined the firm in 2015, and worked within Blackstone's European Real Estate team with asset management responsibilities, before moving to Blackstone's Sydney office in 2019. Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Adcock worked within Barclays structured finance team.
Mr. Adcock received a Master of Physics from the University of Oxford.
Michael Addeo
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Michael Addeo is a Managing Director and Head of Restructuring in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Addeo handles restructuring and liability management activities, including recapitalizations of existing investments, and sources new opportunities around restructuring transactions.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, he was a Vice President in equity research at Wolfe Research focusing on the transportation sector. Prior to Wolfe Research, Mr. Addeo began his career with Deutsche Bank’s Private Wealth Management group.
Mr. Addeo graduated cum laude with a BS in Business Administration and a double major in Finance and Accounting from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. He is a CFA Charterholder and currently serves on the New York Advisory Board for the Posse Foundation.
Abhishek Agarwal
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Abhishek Agarwal is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and Head of Core+ EMEA and APAC, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2008, Mr. Agarwal has been involved in real estate investments across property sectors and geographies including Bourne Leisure, Hispania, HI Partners, Broadgate and Chiswick Park amongst others.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Agarwal worked as a software developer with Microsoft, and was involved in the development of Microsoft Windows' Vista. He received a Bachelors in Technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, where he was placed on the Dean’s Merit List. He completed his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore where he graduated with the Gold medal.
A. J. Agarwal
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
A.J. Agarwal is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, where he focuses on the global Core+ business.
Prior to the launch of the Core+ real estate investing business, Mr. Agarwal was co-head of the U.S. Acquisitions team and oversaw more than $50 billion of investment transactions across all real estate asset classes for Blackstone’s opportunistic real estate funds. Mr. Agarwal joined Blackstone in 1992 and is a member of Blackstone’s Real Estate Investment Committee as well as the Investment Committee for Blackstone Total Alternatives Solution.
Mr. Agarwal graduated from Princeton University, where he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and received his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Agarwal is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Patrick Agnew
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - North Carolina
Patrick Agnew is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions Group involved in raising capital for Blackstone’s private and public funds in the South Atlantic region.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Agnew worked as a Director with Central Park Group focusing on private equity and hedge fund strategies. In addition, Mr. Agnew spent 7 years with Wachovia, now Wells Fargo, and affiliated entities including Evergreen Investments and Alternative Strategies Group Inc., in various roles and most recently as an alternative investment specialist.
Mr. Agnew graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He also holds an MBA from the McColl Graduate School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte.
Animesh Agrawal
Managing Director
Private Equity - Mumbai
Animesh Agrawal is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in Mumbai, where he focusses on investments in Technology and Business services, and Consumer derivative sectors. Mr. Agrawal worked at Blackstone from 2014 to 2016 and, following the completion of an MBA, rejoined Blackstone in 2018. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Agrawal has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in VFS, Mphasis, R Systems, PGP Glass, EPL, Intelenet and IBS Software.
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Agrawal worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Agrawal received a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named a Siebel Scholar and an Arjay Miller Scholar. He currently serves on the board of R Systems, PGP Glass and EPL.
David Ainsworth
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Dallas
David Ainsworth is a Managing Director in Private Wealth Solutions at Blackstone. Since joining Blackstone, David has focused his efforts on business development and client relations for Blackstone’s private and public funds, with a primary focus on the private wealth channel in the Southwest.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, David worked as an Alternative Investments specialist at Morgan Stanley, where he ran the Southwest region. Prior to Morgan Stanley he served as a Portfolio Manager for Private Investors at BlackRock, as Director of Research and Marketing at Capital Institutional Services, and as Vice President at GoodWorth Holdings, long –short equity hedge fund manager.
David received a BA from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the Cox School of Business at SMU, where graduated Beta Gamma Sigma.
Akin Akinrinade
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Akin Akinrinade is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Akinrinade was a Partner & Director of Operations for Antecapio Investment Partners, a multi-manager/multi-strategy hedge fund startup. Prior to that he was the Global Head of Operations for TPG-Axon Management LP, a global long/short equity hedge fund.
Mr. Akinrinade received his Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems with a minor in Mathematics from the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, where he graduated summa cum laude.
Ariel Amdur
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Ariel Amdur is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Amdur is involved with the Quantitative & Portfolio Analytics team.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Amdur worked at First Republic Bank where he was Sr. Vice President, Head of Analytics; BlueMountain Capital Management where he was Head of Risk and Desk Quant Strats; and Goldman Sachs where he was Chief Data Architect for FICC, Co-Head of Bangalore Securities Division Strats and a Corporate Credit Sales Strat.
Mr. Amdur received his MA in Mathematics and BA in Mathematics and Physics, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Samir Amichi
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Samir Amichi is the Head of Real Estate Acquisitions Europe, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Amichi has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments in Europe, including OfficeFirst, Mileway, St. Modwen plc, and the GE European portfolio.
Previously, Mr. Amichi spent seven years in Goldman Sachs International’s real estate private equity group focused on equity and debt investment opportunities in Europe and two years at The Richemont Group overseeing the set-up and growth of its global real estate investment business.
Mr. Amichi received an MS in Management from the HEC business school in Paris, where he majored in Economics.
Vishal Amin
Managing Director
Blackstone Growth - New York
Vishal Amin is a Managing Director in Blackstone Growth focused on Consumer and Enterprise Solutions. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Amin has been involved in the execution of the firm’s investments into Bumble, Episerver, Snowflake, Zoom, Datadog, and Orix Growth Capital.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Amin was a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he led growth investing and capital execution across enterprise software, consumer internet, financial technology, and healthcare. During his tenure at the firm, he led execution on later stage investments such as Opendoor, Yubico, Databricks, HealthIQ, Transferwise, Cross River Bank and Accolade. Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Mr. Amin was at TCV where he spent time focusing on enterprise software, healthcare, and business services. Before this role, Mr. Amin spent several years within the investment banking group at Allen Company.
Mr. Amin holds a BA in Public Policy Studies with a Certificate in Health Policy from Duke University and attended the Fuqua School of Business. He also completed the Back End Web Development course at General Assembly. Before entering finance, he spent a number of years in the field of Bioethics/Neuroethics, primarily researching implications associated with new brain technologies.
Matt Anderson
Sr. Managing Director
Corporate Affairs - New York
Matt Anderson is a Senior Managing Director for Global Public Affairs. He serves as a media spokesperson for the firm and advises on communications issues.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Anderson worked in various capacities in U.S. federal and state government. Most recently, he served as Deputy Superintendent for Public Affairs at the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), where he oversaw communications for NYDFS and was a senior advisor to Superintendent Benjamin M. Lawsky. Prior to that, he served as a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of the Treasury during the Obama Administration, three governors of New York, and the New York State Division of the Budget.
Mr. Anderson received his AB with honors from Harvard University.
Michael Anthony
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Michael Anthony is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in New York. Mr. Anthony is involved with tax matters relating to fund formation and real estate acquisitions and dispositions, with a particular focus on the Core+ business.
Prior to joining the firm in 2018, Mr. Anthony was a Director in the real estate tax practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he specialized in tax matters pertaining to open-end real estate funds and real estate investment trusts.
Mr. Anthony received a BBA in Accounting from Western Michigan University, an MS in Accounting from Western Michigan University and an MS in Real Estate from New York University. Mr. Anthony is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mohit Arora
Managing Director
Real Estate - Mumbai
Mohit Arora is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in Mumbai. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Arora has been involved in various investments in India including Indiabulls, Salarpuria Office Portfolio and Panchshil Office Parks.
Mr. Arora received an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and a BCom (Hons) from Shri Ram College of Commerce Delhi.
Saif Assam
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - Abu Dhabi
Saif Assam is a Senior Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions Group. Mr. Assam is a member of Blackstone's Middle East team, and mainly focuses on private equity and credit.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Assam worked for the Dubai Government's direct investment / private equity arm. Previously, Mr. Assam was at Monitor Group's Boston and London offices.
Mr. Assam received a Master's degree in Engineering from Cambridge University.
Getty Atienza
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Getty Atienza is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Atienza was Group Vice President of Global Sales Strategy and Operations at Gartner, where he was also Chair of the company’s firmwide Analytics Leadership Committee. Previously, Mr. Atienza was at Bridgewater Associates for 10 years, where he led the company’s investment analytics team in the Client Service and Marketing department. Mr. Atienza also previously worked at the International Finance Corporation in their structured private investments business, at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division, and at Bain & Company in their strategy consulting practice.
Mr. Atienza received his B.S. in Management Engineering and B.A in Economics-Honors from Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated Valedictorian and magna cum laude. Mr. Atienza earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Atienza is a member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Health Foundation.
Mike Audet
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Mike Audet is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2021. Mr. Audet sits on Strategic Partners’ GP Solutions Investment Committee. Mr. Audet joined Blackstone in 2010 and previously worked in the Private Equity Group where he was involved in the evaluation and execution of investments across a range of sectors including industrials, financial services and healthcare. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Apria Healthcare.
Mr. Audet received an AB in mathematics from Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. He is also a Co-Chair of the New Wave Steering Committee for Film at Lincoln Center.
Eugene Baek
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Eugene Baek is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Department for insurance in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Baek practiced in the Capital Markets group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Baek was a senior analyst in the consulting group at Argus Information & Advisory Services.
Mr. Baek received his BA from Wesleyan University and his JD from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Swati Baghel
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - Singapore
Swati Singh Baghel is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Department. Since joining Blackstone in 2018, she has been involved in legal & compliance matters for Blackstone’s businesses in India and South East Asia, including Singapore.
Prior to Blackstone, Ms. Baghel has worked at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, in its Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Group, and in-house at an Indian conglomerate, in Mumbai.
Ms. Baghel received a BA.LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law Institute University, India, where she graduated at the top of her class, and was a member of the NLIU Law Review.
Jon Bailey
Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Jon Bailey is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco.
Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Bailey was CCO and Head of Operations at DCI, from 2014 to 2020. Before joining DCI, Mr. Bailey was the Head of Multi-Asset and Alternatives Portfolio Analytics at BlackRock in San Francisco. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Bailey was the Head of Asset Management Operations at Countrywide Alternative Investments and worked for RBC Capital Markets in various roles including as an attorney and as a derivatives middle office manager.
Mr. Bailey is a CFA charter holder and received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a BA in English from the University of Delaware.
Saarvin Balasundram
Managing Director
Blackstone Capital Markets - London
Saarvin Balasundram is a Managing Director in Blackstone Capital Markets (BXCM), handling debt financing activity across Europe and Asia for Blackstone’s Private Equity platform, including Blackstone Capital Partners, Infrastructure, Energy Transition and Tactical Opportunities.
Since joining Blackstone in 2019, he has been involved in various forms of financings including broadly syndicated loans, listed bonds, privately placed unitranches, holding company debt, bank loans, amongst others.
Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Balasundram worked at J.P. Morgan in the EMEA Acquisition & Leveraged Finance Group.
Mr. Balasundram received a BSc. in Actuarial Science from the London School of Economics.
Gautam Banerjee
Sr. Managing Director
SG-Regional Management - Singapore
Gautam Banerjee is a Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Blackstone Singapore. Mr. Banerjee served as Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Singapore for nine years until his retirement in December 2012. He spent over 30 years with the firm in various leadership roles in Singapore, India and East Asia.
Mr. Banerjee is an independent director on the Board of Singapore Airlines Limited, Singapore Telecommunications and GIC Private Limited.
Mr. Banerjee is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from Warwick University in 1977 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) by the same university in 2014. Mr. Banerjee was a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2007 to 2009 and was awarded the Public Service Medal by the Singapore Government in 2014.
Stephanie Barberesi
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York 601 Lex
Stephanie Barberesi is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in New York. Ms. Barberesi is involved with valuations, performance and investor reporting across the global BREP platform.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. Barberesi was a Manager at Ernst & Young in the Real Estate Assurance practice.
Ms. Barberesi received a BS in Finance and Economics from Fordham University and a Master’s in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame – Mendoza College of Business.
Bob Barthelmes
Managing Director
BXTI - Boston
Bob Barthelmes is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations group, providing strategic support and advice to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio companies with a focus on technology, operations, and digital transformation. Before joining the Portfolio Operations group, Mr. Barthelmes was a Senior Advisor to Blackstone working to leverage Blackstone’s technology investments across the portfolio.
Prior to engaging with Blackstone he was the EVP and GM of the Open Source Division and CIO at Finastra (formerly Misys Corporation), and the Global Vice President of Business Consulting Services at IBM. His team at Misys was featured in Harvard Business Review’s, “Great Leaders in Innovation.”
Mr. Barthelmes received his BS from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell with a major in Business Administration and a minor in mathematics/computer science. He attended IBM Executive Programs at Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He previously served on the Executive Committee for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Dean College Board of Trustees, Hibernia College Board of Overseers and the Beverly Education Foundation.
Glen Bartley
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Glen Bartley is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group. Mr. Bartley is involved with the asset management of Blackstone’s U.S. office and life science investments.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Bartley worked at Goldman Sachs for nearly 10 years in various roles across the real estate business including acquisitions, asset management, and debt originations and restructurings.
Mr. Bartley received an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
Philip Bateman
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Philip Bateman is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Bateman worked at Deutsche Bank in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group.
Mr. Bateman received a BA in Economics and History from Amherst College.
Adam Bauman
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Adam Bauman is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) on the Strategy & Management team, based in New York. Mr. Bauman focuses on the investment strategies across public and private real estate debt instruments for the firm's strategic insurance partnerships and other high-grade SMAs.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bauman worked at BlackRock, where he was most recently responsible for investing in Asset-Backed Securities within the Fundamental Fixed Income business.
Mr. Bauman graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Economics and concentrations in Finance and Operations from the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA charterholder.
Sachin Bavishi
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - San Francisco
Sachin Bavishi is a Senior Managing Director and Head of the San Francisco team within Blackstone’s Private Equity Group. Mr. Bavishi currently focuses on new investment opportunities in Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). Since joining Blackstone in 2013, he has been involved in the execution of the firm’s investments in Ancestry, Bumble, Catalent, Ipreo, Kronos, Liftoff, Performance Food Group, Pinnacle Foods, Refinitiv, Rover, SESAC, Simpli.fi, Tradeweb, Trilliant Food & Nutrition, Ultimate Software, and Vungle. He currently serves as a Director of Ancestry, Liftoff/Vungle, Rover, and Simpli.fi.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bavishi was an Associate at Olympus Partners where he evaluated and executed private equity investments across industries. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking at Piper Jaffray in the Healthcare Group.
Mr. Bavishi earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated with Highest Distinction (Top 5%), and an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar.
Anson Beard
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Anson H. Beard is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Beard served as President of Cary Street Partners Financial LLC, a wealth and asset management firm. Prior to Cary Street, Mr. Beard was the President of Vollero Beach Capital Partners LLC, a fundamental long/short equity hedge fund in New York. Prior to Vollero Beach, Mr. Beard served in a variety of portfolio management and equity research roles, including at BlackRock, Tiger Management LLC and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he began his career.
Mr. Beard received a BA in History from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Mr. Beard serves as a Trustee for Prep for Prep in New York and is a member of the Investment Committee for Middlesex School in Concord, MA.
John Beberus
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
John Beberus is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Beberus is focused on portfolio management. Mr. Beberus previously worked as an analyst in Blackstone’s Restructuring and Reorganization Group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2009, Mr. Beberus was an analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Banc of America Securities.
Mr. Beberus received a BS in Finance, with highest distinction, from the William A. Schreyer Honors College of the Pennsylvania State University.
Zachary Beck
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Zachary S. Beck is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2008. In 2014, Mr. Beck relocated to Strategic Partners’ London office and returned to New York in 2016. Mr. Beck is an advisory board member of multiple funds.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Beck attended Cornell University where he graduated with a B.A. in Economics.
Jared Becker
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Jared Becker is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Becker is involved with the ongoing analysis and evaluation of primary and secondary fixed income investments.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Becker was with Ares Management as a Senior Associate in the Private Debt Group evaluating leveraged loans across multiple industries. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Moelis & Company in the Restructuring and Investment Banking Division. Earlier, he worked at GSC Group analyzing loan and high yield investment opportunities. Mr. Becker began his career at CIBC World Markets in the Leveraged Finance and Financial Sponsors Group.
Mr. Becker received a BBA in Finance and Accounting from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Marisa Beeney
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Marisa Beeney is the General Counsel of Blackstone Credit in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Beeney oversees legal and compliance matters relating to credit focused businesses.
Ms. Beeney began her career at Latham & Watkins working primarily on project finance and development transactions, as well as other structured credit products.
Ms. Beeney holds a BS in Engineering from Cornell University, and a JD, magna cum laude, from Boston University.
David Ben-Ur
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
David Ben-Ur is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA), where he serves as Chief Investment Officer of the Absolute Return platform.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Ben-Ur served as Chief Investment Officer of The Kovner Foundation and of CAM Capital, which manages the private assets of the Kovner family. From 2004 to 2012, Mr. Ben-Ur was a Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Corbin Capital Partners, a private investment company based in New York. Prior to joining Corbin Capital Partners, Mr. Ben-Ur worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was Vice President from 2000 to 2004, and at Fidelity Management & Research Company, where he was a Senior Analyst from 1995 to 2000.
Mr. Ben-Ur graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. He received his MPP from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is a CFA® charterholder.
Omar Benchekroune
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Omar Benchekroune is a Managing Director and leads European Strategy and Solutions for Insurance in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Benchekroune was a Managing Director and the Head of EMEA Insurance Strategy at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Prior to that, he was responsible for insurance Client Strategy and Solutions in Continental Europe at Blackrock. Mr. Benchekroune previously worked at Nomura and Royal Bank of Scotland as a structurer for insurance and pensions. Mr. Benchekroune started his career at AXA in various structuring and asset and liability management solutions roles.
Mr. Benchekroune received a Masters in Computer Science from l’Université de Technologie de Compiègne.
Anthony Beovich
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Anthony W. Beovich is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group. Since joining Blackstone in 1998, Mr. Beovich has worked in the financial reporting group and is involved in tax research and tax compliance for all Blackstone Real Estate Partners (BREP) funds. Mr. Beovich has also been involved with tax matters relating to fund formation and BREP acquisitions and dispositions. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Beovich was a Tax Manager at Deloitte & Touche, where he provided tax services to real estate investment trusts, opportunity funds and partnerships in the real estate industry. Mr. Beovich received a BS in Accounting from St. John’s University and an MS in Taxation from Long Island University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Ron Bernstein
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Ron Bernstein is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group at Blackstone. Mr. Bernstein oversees two of Blackstone’s US Core+ vehicles, as the Head of Blackstone Property Partners U.S. and Blackstone Property Partners Life Sciences. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Bernstein has played a key role in the asset management and oversight of several investments, including BioMed Realty and International Market Centers.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bernstein was a Managing Principal at Great Spruce Capital Partners, an investment and development company that he founded. Prior to Great Spruce, Mr. Bernstein spent over 8 years at Marathon Asset Management where he was a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of the Marathon Real Estate Group. Previously, Mr. Bernstein spent over 8 years as a principal investor at Goldman Sachs in its Real Estate Principal Investments Area/Whitehall Funds.
Mr. Bernstein received a BA from Northwestern University, where he graduated from the Honors Program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, with a double major in Economics.
Gregory Beutler
Sr. Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Greg Beutler is an Operating Partner in the Portfolio Operations Group based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Beutler has been involved in portfolio management focused on supply chain and global cross-portfolio procurement as well as portfolio monitoring.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Beutler worked at General Electric, most recently as General Manager of the Electronic Products business in GE Energy. Prior to that he had several other GE assignments including European Supply Chain Director at GE Power Controls, General Manager of Global Sourcing at GE Lighting, as well as roles in GE Corporate, GE Plastics, GE Silicones and GE Power Systems divisions. In addition Mr. Beutler worked at Webvan, Inc. as Vice President of Merchandising and Symmetrix, Inc., a management consulting firm, as Vice President of the Industrial Sector Practice.
Mr. Beutler received a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Master of Engineering, cum laude, in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, and a MBA, with distinction, from Harvard University.
Mark Bhupathi
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - Los Angeles
Mark A. Bhupathi is a Senior Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2004. Mr. Bhupathi oversees Strategic Partners’ infrastructure, energy and other real assets investing activities. Mr. Bhupathi sits on Strategic Partners' Infrastructure Investment Committee and is an advisory board member of multiple infrastructure and real assets funds.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Bhupathi attended Columbia University where he graduated with a B.A. in Economics.
Dmitry Biryukov
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Dmitry Biryukov is a Managing Director of the Hedge Fund Solutions Group. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Biryukov has been involved in the design and development of BAAM’s proprietary software systems, which support all aspects of the group’s operations.
Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Biryukov worked as a Senior Developer for America ToGo (ATG) designing software solutions for BAAM. Before ATG he was a System Architect for RPT Group (now Red Vision), a title searches and real property data solution company. Prior to that, Mr. Biryukov worked as Principal Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kyrgyzstan, Moscow and Arlington, Virginia in a variety of software development projects for USAID, Russian Oil and Gas clients and the US DOD.
Mr. Biryukov graduated with a MS in Computer Science from the Kyrgyz Technical University.
Joshua Blaine
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Joshua S. Blaine is a Senior Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2001. Mr. Blaine sits on the Investment Committee for each of the Strategic Partners funds and is currently an advisory board member of multiple funds.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, he worked in the Private Fund Group at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he was part of a small dedicated team responsible for selling almost $2 billion of the firm’s private equity partnership interests through a series of secondary market transactions. He previously worked in the Corporate Finance Department at UBS. Mr. Blaine is currently a member of the Tulane Fund Advisory Board and Tulane Business School Council.
Mr. Blaine received a B.S.M. cum laude in Finance from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.
Richard Blair
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - Hong Kong
Richard Blair is a Senior Managing Director and the firm’s General Counsel Asia Pacific. He sits on a number of boards including for The Blackstone Group (HK) Limited and Blackstone Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Blair was an M&A partner at the law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and worked in London, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Mr. Blair received a Bachelor of Laws with European Legal Studies from King’s College London and a Diploma in European Legal Studies from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.
Amy Blake
Managing Director
Strategic Incentives Group - New York
Amy Blake is a Managing Director in the Finance Group. Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Blake has been involved with the Financial Planning & Analysis team in further developing our firmwide financial and management reporting. Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Ms. Blake worked as a Vice President in the Chief Operating Office for the Global Markets and Investment Banking Group of Merrill Lynch. In this role, she focused on developing and implementing various control processes and business management initiatives. Prior to that, she held a number of roles in the Chief Financial Office focused on financial reporting, as well as administrative, control and regulatory initiatives. Ms. Blake began her career at Arthur Andersen LLP where she was a senior auditor in the Financial Services Division. Ms. Blake received a BS in Accounting from Lehigh University, and an MBA New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. She is a Certified Public Accountant.
Greg Blank
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Greg Blank is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group where he focuses on investments in the Digital Infrastructure sector. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Blank has worked in both the New York and Hong Kong offices in the Private Equity and Infrastructure groups; and has been involved in the execution of numerous Blackstone investments, including QTS Realty Trust, Signature Aviation, the data center joint venture with Digital Realty, Phoenix Tower International, Hotwire Communications, NCR, Kronos, Paysafe, Blue Yonder, Ipreo, and Optiv.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Blank was an Associate at Texas Pacific Group (TPG) in San Francisco where he was involved in the evaluation and execution of private equity transactions. Prior to that, Mr. Blank worked in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co. focused on Technology, Media and Telecommunications clients.
Mr. Blank received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Blank also earned an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. Mr. Blank serves on the Board of Directors of QTS Realty Trust, Signature Aviation, the data center joint venture with Digital Realty, Phoenix Tower International, and Hotwire Communications.
Jeremy Bleackley
Managing Director
Real Estate - Tokyo
Jeremy Bleackley is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is based in Tokyo.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Bleackley was a Managing Director at PGIM Real Estate, responsible for originating and execution of transactions across Japan and Korea. Mr. Bleackley started his career as a solicitor based in London focusing on capital markets and subsequently worked in the securitized products group at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Bleackley received a BSc in Economics from the University of Bristol, MSt in Real Estate from University of Cambridge and qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales.
Michael Blickstead
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - Sydney
Michael Blickstead is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in Sydney and Head of Australia / New Zealand Private Equity.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Blickstead was a Division Director / Managing Director and Head of Principal Finance Asia Pacific for Macquarie Group where he invested across the capital structure. Prior to that, he was an Investment Director at Archer Capital, one of Australia’s leading domestic private equity firms. Mr. Blickstead started his career in the Private Equity Group at Goldman Sachs in New York and London.
Mr. Blickstead received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude in Economics, from Harvard University as well as a MBA from Harvard Business School.
Tom Blouin
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Tom Blouin is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Blouin focuses on developing and deepening BXCI’s overall relationships with private equity firms and other borrowers and originating, structuring and executing private investments across a diverse range of industries.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2024, Mr. Blouin spent over 20 years at Barclays/Lehman Brothers, most recently as Co-Head of Global Leveraged Finance, a member of Barclays Capital Markets Management Team and Co-Chair of Barclays non-investment grade commitment committee. During his time at Barclays he led the team responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of Leveraged Loans and High Yield Securities across a wide range of industries for the firm’s corporate and financial sponsor clients.
Mr. Blouin graduated with a BS in Finance and Business Administration from Georgetown University and earned his MBA at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Jonathan Bock
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Jonathan Bock is a Senior Managing Director and the Co-CEO of Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL), and Global Head of Market Research for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bock was the Chief Executive Officer of Barings Business Development Companies (BDCs). In addition to this role, he served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and President of Barings Private Credit Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer of Barings Capital Investment Corporation, Barings Corporate Investors, and Barings Participation Investors. Prior to joining Barings in July 2018, Mr. Bock was a Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities specializing in BDCs. He was the chief author of a leading BDC quarterly research publication: the BDC Scorecard. He is also published in the Journal of Alternative Investments. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Bock followed the BDC industry at Stifel Nicolaus & Company and A.G. Edwards Inc. Prior to entering sell-side research in 2006, Mr. Bock was an equity portfolio manager/analyst at Busey Wealth Management in Champaign, Illinois.
Mr. Bock holds a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois College of Business and is a member of the CFA Institute.
Ellen Bogard
Managing Director
Corporate Affairs - Hong Kong
Ellen Bogard is a Managing Director overseeing Asia-Pacific Public Affairs and Government Relations in Blackstone’s Hong Kong office. She serves as a primary spokesperson and government relations representative for the firm across Asia.
Ms. Bogard has more than 15 years of experience across corporate, political, government and consulting work. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Bogard led the Corporate/Financial Practice at Ogilvy Public Relations in Hong Kong. She has extensive PR experience in Asia and in the United States, having previously served as Director for Corporate and Internal Communications at Anheuser-Busch InBev and as a senior account lead at leading PR firm Fleishman-Hillard. Prior to that, Ms. Bogard held a variety of roles in government and politics, including Campaign Manager, Communications Director, and Legislative Director for local, state and U.S. Senate campaigns, as well as for labor and consumer rights organizations in her home state of Missouri.
Ms. Bogard received her BA in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
John Bogosian
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Chicago
John Bogosian is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions group. Mr. Bogosian is a member of the U.S. Sales Management Team where he leads the Eastern Division of Independent Wealth Management. Mr. Bogosian also works directly with wealth managers raising capital for Blackstone’s private and public funds in the Midwest.
Before joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Bogosian worked at W.P. Carey focusing on real estate and private credit. Prior to that, he spent 10 years at John Hancock Investments.
Mr. Bogosian received his B.A. from Hobart College.
Toula Bougiamas
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Panayiota (Toula) K. Bougiamas is a Managing Director and the Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone Credit in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Toula served for 18 years in the SEC's Division of Enforcement in the New York Regional Office, conducting all facets of complex investigations and litigation involving the federal securities laws. For seven years, Toula served as an Assistant Regional Director of the Asset Management Unit, supervising a group of attorneys and industry experts on matters pertaining to the asset management industry. Before joining the SEC, Toula served as a judicial law clerk in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
She received her BS from Cornell University and her JD from Brooklyn Law School, where she was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review and Editor of the Second Circuit Review.
Heidi Boyd
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - Los Angeles
Heidi Boyd is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group, where she focuses primarily on investments in utilities and transportation sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2018, Ms. Boyd has been involved in the execution of Blackstone investments, including Carrix, NIPSCO, and FirstEnergy.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Boyd was at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, where she was involved with numerous transactions in the utility, energy, waste, and transportation sectors. Prior to that, Ms. Boyd was a Consultant for the Boston Consulting Group.
Ms. Boyd received a BA in Science, Technology and Society from Stanford University, where she also co-founded Stanford Women in Business. Ms. Boyd received an MBA from Harvard Business School. Ms. Boyd currently serves on the Investment Committee of the Yakima Valley Community Foundation, and on the Board of Stanford Professionals In Investing & Finance.
Jane Bradshaw
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Jane Bradshaw is a Managing Director and Head of European Capital Markets for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. She is responsible for BXCI’s origination efforts and ongoing communications with banks and other financial services partners in Europe across liquid and private credit strategies.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mrs. Bradshaw was Co-Head of European Leveraged Finance Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley, where she originated, structured and syndicated high yield bond and leveraged loan transactions across corporate and private equity clients. Before that, she worked at Deutsche Bank, first in New York and then in London, focused on high yield and leveraged loan transactions.
Mrs. Bradshaw received a B.A. in English from Georgetown University.
Jonathan Brayman
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Jonathan Brayman is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Brayman is focused on private credit, structured equity, and royalty monetizations in Healthcare & Life Sciences. Mr. Brayman has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Amicus Therapeutics, PTC Therapeutics, Harmony Biosciences, Simtra (fka Baxter Biopharma Solutions), Ritedose, Inovalon, Personify Health (fka Virgin Pulse/HealthComp), Unified Women’s Healthcare, and The GI Alliance, among others. Mr. Brayman opened BXCI’s Life Sciences office in Cambridge, MA.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Brayman worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Houlihan Lokey, where he advised Healthcare companies on mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Brayman graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Commerce and Business Administration and a double major in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama.
Benjamin Breda
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Benjamin Breda is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Breda worked at Ernst & Young in Assurance as a Senior Accountant.
Mr. Breda received a BS cum laude from Yeshiva University in Finance and Accounting.
Matthew Breen
Managing Director
BX Private Equity Strategies - San Francisco
Matthew Breen is a Managing Director in Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (“BXPE”) group and is based in San Francisco. Mr. Breen is involved in sourcing, evaluating and executing private equity investment opportunities in the technology sector.
Prior to rejoining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Breen was a Managing Director in the Strategic Advisory Group at PJT Partners (formed by a spin-off from Blackstone in 2015) where he was responsible for advising emerging and established companies, financial sponsors and growth investors in the technology industry. Prior to PJT Partners, Mr. Breen joined Blackstone in 2008 as a founding member of the Technology M&A practice in Menlo Park. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking at Citigroup in Palo Alto. Mr. Breen has been involved in many significant corporate M&A transactions, equity and debt financings, and private equity investments during his career.
Mr. Breen received a BS in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Colorado where he graduated with distinction.
Lauren Brescia
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Lauren Brescia is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Brescia was a Vice President of Global Managed Investments Compliance at Citi Private Bank, where she focused on investment advisory–related matters. Prior to Citi Private Bank, Ms. Brescia was a Manager of Investment Advisory Compliance at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Ms. Brescia received a B.A. from Boston College and an J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
Matt Brest
Managing Director
BXMA - DC
Matthew Brest is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Brest was a Partner at Governors Lane where he focused on event-driven and special situations investing. Prior to Governors Lane, Mr. Brest was a Partner at SeaStone Capital, a fundamental long/short equity manager. Earlier in his career, Mr. Brest was an Associate at Reservoir Capital and an Analyst at Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Brest graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Public Policy.
Ari Brettman
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Life Sciences - Cambridge
Ari Brettman is a Senior Managing Director in the Blackstone Life Sciences group, having joined Blackstone as part of its acquisition of Clarus in December of 2018. Mr. Brettman joined Clarus in September 2014.
Dr. Brettman is focused on investments across the firm's portfolio, including startups and partnerships with pharmaceutical companies. Prior to Clarus, Dr. Brettman completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Brettman was also an NIH-sponsored post-doctoral fellow at the MGH Center for Systems Biology, where he studied the autophagy of lipid droplets and used electronic medical record-based big data analytics at Partners Healthcare to conduct clinical research and improve disease management. Dr. Brettman is a member of the Board of Directors of Praxis Precision Medicines, a startup in genetically defined neuropsychiatric disorders.
Dr. Brettman received his M.D. from Duke University and his AB in History and Science from Harvard College. While a medical student, he was a Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Fellow at Stanford University, where he studied angiogenesis
Robert Brooks
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Robert Brooks is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Private Equity Finance, as well as the Head of the Finance Portfolio Management Team overseeing Portfolio Valuations and Analytics (“PV&A”), Investor Product Strategy (“IPS”), and Financial Planning and Analysis (“FP&A”) for a number of businesses including Private Equity.
Previously, Mr. Brooks worked in Blackstone’s Business Development group focused on strategic mergers and acquisitions, new business initiatives, and special projects in support of Blackstone’s business units. Before joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. Brooks worked as an Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers focused on the alternative asset management sector.
Mr. Brooks graduated from Villanova University with a BS in Finance, a BS in Accountancy, and a Master’s degree in Finance.
Bonnie Brookshaw
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Bonnie Brookshaw is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Brookshaw is a portfolio manager for U.S. loan separately managed accounts, commingled funds and exchange-traded fund. Previously, Ms. Brookshaw was responsible for the management and implementation of the day-to-day investment strategy for the U.S. CLOs.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2002, Ms. Brookshaw worked at CIBC World Markets and was responsible for the transaction logistics and settlement functions for the structured investment vehicles managed by Trimaran Advisors, L.L.C.
Ms. Brookshaw received a BA in Communications from the State University of New York at Oswego.
Justin Brown
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Justin Brown is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in New York. Mr. Brown is involved in the strategy and client engagement for two of Blackstone’s US Core+ vehicles, Blackstone Property Partners U.S. and Blackstone Property Partners Life Sciences. Prior to his current role, Mr. Brown focused on the asset management of BioMed Realty.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Brown worked in Green Street’s Advisory Group, which provides strategic and capital markets advisory services to commercial real estate companies and served on the board of LatAm Logistic Properties. Mr. Brown began his career at Prudential Real Estate Investors where he focused on asset management and dispositions.
Mr. Brown received a BA with a focus on Real Estate from University of Wisconsin and an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Tao Bu
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Tao Bu is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. Since joining Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2011, Ms. Bu has focused on marketing and client relations. Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Bu worked as an associate in the Energy Group and subsequently the Investment Banking Executive Team at Lehman Brothers / Barclays Capital. Ms. Bu received a BBA in Finance and Business Law and a minor in French Studies and graduated with High Distinction from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, where she was also a Woodruff Scholar.
Steve Bua
Managing Director
Harvest - Pennsylvania
Steve Bua is a Managing Director with Harvest Fund Advisors, Blackstone’s publicly traded MLP and Yield-Oriented Investment Platform. He is involved with the financial operations of Harvest.
Prior to joining Harvest, Mr. Bua spent two years as a Manager of Business Operations for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, where he supported the business operations functions of numerous practice groups. Prior to Morgan Lewis, Mr. Bua was a Financial Associate at Blackstone for two years, where he worked with GSO Capital Partners and was previously a Senior Associate at KPMG, LLP for three years where he worked on the audit team for financial service entities.
Mr. Bua received his BS and MBA in accounting from St. John’s University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Matthew Bucci
Managing Director
Corporate Affairs - New York
Matt Bucci is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for Corporate Affairs, supporting Public Affairs, Marketing and ESG functions across Blackstone.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Bucci served as Senior Counselor to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, whom he also held a leadership role with during her tenure as Governor of Rhode Island. Previously, he was Vice President for Strategic Growth at AECOM, a global Fortune 200 infrastructure firm. Mr. Bucci also worked on Capitol Hill as a top aide to United States Senator Jack Reed. In addition, he has led United States Senate, congressional and gubernatorial campaigns across the country.
Mr. Bucci graduated from Quinnipiac University.
Kevin Bundschuh
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Kevin P. Bundschuh is a Managing Director in Strategic Partners. Mr. Bundschuh focuses on Strategic Partners’ infrastructure, energy and other real assets investing activities. Mr. Bundschuh sits on Strategic Partners' Infrastructure Investment Committee and is an advisory board member of multiple infrastructure and real assets funds.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Bundschuh attended Villanova University where he graduated with a BS cum laude in Finance and Economics.
Eugene Burger
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Eugene Burger is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Burger was the Head Trader at CAM Capital since 2014, where he was responsible for the sourcing, implementation, execution, and risk monitoring of the firm's publicly traded securities. Additionally, he was responsible for evaluation and selection of external fund investments that specialize in the macro, commodity and uncorrelated sectors. Prior to joining CAM, Mr. Burger was most recently a Portfolio Manager at JAE Credit Management, a global long/short credit fund that spun out of James Caird Asset Management, where he oversaw macro trading and strategy. He began his career as a trader at Moore Capital Management where he specialized in global commodities.
Mr. Burger holds a B.S in Finance and Economics from the NYU Stern School of Business.
Mark Burton
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Mark J. Burton is a Senior Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2014. Mr. Burton oversees the investment activities of Strategic Partners’ Real Estate funds. Mr. Burton sits on Strategic Partners’ Real Estate Investment Committee and is an advisory board member of multiple funds.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Burton was a Managing Director at H/2 Capital Partners, an institutional investment manager focused on commercial real estate credit. While at H/2, he led the sourcing, pricing and execution of the firm’s distressed commercial mortgage opportunities in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Burton served as a member of the Management Committee and Investment Committee for each of H/2’s investment funds. Prior to that, Mr. Burton worked at Goldman Sachs where he was a Vice President in their Special Situations Group, overseeing domestic commercial real estate investing. He also co-managed Goldman’s Real Estate Mezzanine Partners, a fund focused on originating and purchasing commercial real estate, secured mortgages, securities, mezzanine loans and preferred equity.
Mr. Burton received a B.S. with a major in Finance and minor in History from Georgetown University.
Marion Buten
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Marion Buten is a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer for European Private Credit in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. In this role, she focuses on portfolio and team management, and leverage for European direct lending strategies. In her prior roles at Blackstone, she was involved in the origination, structuring and monitoring of various European direct lending deals and was also a member of the European and US CLO franchise.
Before joining Blackstone in 2003, she worked at UBS as an Associate Director within the Leveraged Finance and Corporate Finance teams in Zurich, London and New York.
Ms. Buten received a master’s degree with distinction from the European School of Management, where she completed a three year master’s program in Paris, Oxford and Berlin.
Jimmy Byun
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Jimmy Byun is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit, and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Byun is focused on sourcing, analyzing, executing, and monitoring private credit and equity investments across a diverse range of industries.
Before joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Byun was a Principal at American Capital, focused on middle market private credit and equity investments. Previously, he was an Associate at HarbourVest Partners, focused on private equity investments, and an Analyst in the investment banking division of Salomon Smith Barney, in the Financial Sponsors Group.
Mr. Byun received a BS in Economics and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Thad Bzomowski
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Thad Bzomowski is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group, focusing on Liquid Credit Strategies within Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI). Since joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Bzomowski has been involved in fund structuring and related issues, investment transactions, special projects, regulatory affairs, and other legal and compliance matters.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Bzomowski was a Vice President at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, where he provided legal coverage to the cross-asset financing business. Prior to that, Mr. Bzomowski was an associate at Seward & Kissel LLP and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., and a law clerk for the Honorable P. Kevin Castel on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Bzomowski received a B.S. in Business Administration from The Ohio State University, majoring in Finance and Economics, and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Mike Cambias
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Miami
Michael Cambias is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Management Group. He is involved in raising capital for Blackstone’s private and public funds in the Southeast region.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Cambias spent 9 years as a Regional Director with Russell Investments where he was responsible for the service, growth and expansion of the retail investment market in Florida. Mr. Cambias led a team that consulted with financial professionals to provide investment solutions, in-depth capital markets research and practice management services. In addition, Mr. Cambias spent 3 years as a Regional Sales Consultant for Heritage Asset Management, a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, where he was responsible for business development and product distribution throughout the Southeastern United States.
Mr. Cambias graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Finance with a minor in Economics. He also holds an MBA from the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida and is a CFA charter holder.
Jon Camire
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Jon Camire is a Managing Director in Portfolio Operations and the Chief Financial Officer of Equity Healthcare. He is involved in financial evaluation, benchmarking, and modeling of health plan performance optimization for existing and prospective portfolio investments including benefit design alternatives, clinical programming and innovation partner opportunities.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Camire served as Vice President of Financial Modeling with Unum, spearheading the modernization of the actuarial and financial management capabilities across the enterprise. Prior to Unum, Mr. Camire operated his own health actuarial and healthcare reform consulting practice supporting payer, provider, employer and government clients in navigating the risks and opportunities of the rapidly evolving health system dynamics. Earlier in his career, he held actuarial leadership roles with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
Mr. Camire holds a BS in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Rick Campbell
Managing Director
BXCI - Houston
Rick Campbell is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Houston. He is involved with originating and executing investments in the energy transition, renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure sectors.
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Campbell worked as a Managing Director in the Global Infrastructure Finance Group at Citi, advising clients in the power, energy and infrastructure sectors on structured financing solutions.
Mr. Campbell graduated from Rice University with a BA in Economics and was a three-time scholar athlete in Conference USA and the Western Athletic Conference as a member of the varsity football team.
Alejandro Canelas Fernandez
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Alejandro Canelas Fernandez is a Managing Director in the Chief Legal Office.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Canelas Fernandez practiced law at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he worked on a wide range of corporate and financial transactions.
Mr. Canelas Fernandez received a BS, cum laude, from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
Christine Cangir
Managing Director
Strategic Incentives Group - New York
Joe Carapiet
Managing Director
Government Relations - DC
Joe Carapiet is a Managing Director of Government Relations. He helps navigate regulatory and legislative risk for the firm and provides advice to portfolio companies on related matters.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Carapiet was special advisor to the Federal Reserve’s Vice Chairman for Supervision. He previously served as chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. He was a senior counsel for the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services and an attorney at the Federal Reserve. He previously practiced corporate law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Sullivan & Cromwell and was a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Mr. Carapiet holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from Boston College.
Thomas Carrier
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - New York
Thomas Carrier is a Senior Managing Director within the Institutional Client Solutions group, heading the U.S. Private Capital Group.
He joined Blackstone from Offit Capital, an advisory firm focused on building global, multi-asset class investment portfolios for individuals, families, and non-profit institutions. At Offit Capital he was a Partner and served as the Chair of the Firm’s Investment Strategy Committee. Prior to Offit, Thomas spent 14 years as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley where he focused on Technology, Real Estate, and Financial Sponsor Coverage in the Firm’s Menlo Park, London, and New York offices.
Thomas is a graduate of Duke University and the Harvard Business School.
Bob Carroll
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Bob Carroll is a Managing Director and the Head of Distressed Trading in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Carroll oversees all trading activity relating to BXCI’s expansive public distressed efforts.
Mr. Carroll joined Blackstone from the hedge fund, Smith Cove Capital, where he had been responsible for all trading activity since 2016. Prior to that, he spent 10 years at Perry Capital as Head of Trading. Previously, Mr. Carroll was a trader at Litespeed Partners and Imperial Capital.
Mr. Carroll received a BS in Communications from Norwich University The Military College of Vermont.
Mike Carruthers
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Mike Carruthers is a Senior Managing Director and the European Head of Private Credit for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. Mr. Carruthers is involved in the origination, researching, structuring, and managing of investments.
Mr. Carruthers re-joined the London team in 2022 after having previously relocated to Toronto, Canada to focus on credit origination efforts in Canada and the Midwest. Mr. Carruthers previously worked in the London office from 2006 – 2019. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Carruthers worked in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse.
Mr. Carruthers graduated with Honors in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
Joshua Carson
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Josh Carson is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate Americas. Mr. Carson was previously the COO of Americas Asset Management and involved in the oversight of Blackstone's office and lab office investments.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Carson was a Senior Vice President at L&L Holding Company, a privately held real estate company, where he focused on acquiring and redeveloping office buildings in New York City. Prior to joining L&L, Mr. Carson worked on acquisitions for New Boston Fund, a real estate investment management firm. Mr. Carson began his career at McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Carson received a BA in Economics and Russian from Middlebury College, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Kendra Cartwright
Managing Director
Human Resources - Hong Kong
Kendra Cartwright is a Managing Director and is the Head of Human Resources Asia Pacific.
Kendra brings nearly 20 years of international human resources experience to the firm. Prior to joining Blackstone, she spent 10 years in Asia, most recently as HR Business Partner for the Asia ETF and Distribution businesses at Blackrock. She also spent 13 years at Barclays Investment Bank in HR roles across geographies and functions, including HR Business Partner for Global Research (New York) and Head of HR for Asia Pacific Front Office (Tokyo and Singapore).
Kendra earned a BA in Russian and French from Indiana University, an MA in Slavic Linguistics from Florida State University, and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Luigi Caruso
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Luigi Caruso is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and COO of Real Estate Asset Management Europe, based in London.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Caruso was a Principal at Rhône Group in the Private Equity Fund in London and New York; previously, he was at Goldman Sachs Real Estate private equity group in London.
Mr. Caruso received an MSc in Economics from Bocconi University.
Anthony Cerrone
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Anthony Cerrone is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group where he is involved with the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) Strategy & Management team. Mr. Cerrone was previously part of the debt capital markets group where he focused on the financing of real estate investments in the Americas.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Cerrone worked at Deutsche Bank in the commercial real estate lending business.
Mr. Cerrone graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a BS in Economics.
Anna Chan
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - Hong Kong
Anna Chan is a Managing Director in the Legal and Compliance Department. She is involved with a variety of regulatory and compliance matters for Blackstone in Greater China and Korea.
Ms. Chan worked at Blackstone from 2016 to 2019. Before rejoining the firm in 2022, Ms. Chan was a Senior Manager in First Sentier Investors for about 2 years. She had previously spent more than 9 years at Goldman Sachs in the Private Wealth Management Compliance department in Hong Kong.
Ms. Chan received a BEng in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and a MPhil in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Victoria Chant
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Victoria Chant is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Capital Formation for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. The Capital Formation team creates structured solutions for BXCI.
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Ms. Chant was a Managing Director at Citi in the Financing & Securitization group, responsible for the Credit Financing business. Ms. Chant spent 17 years at Citi, having started on the TRS desk.
Ms. Chant graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.Math in Pure Mathematics / Finance and is a CFA Charterholder.
Bilal Chaudhry
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Bilal Chaudhry is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Chaudhry was a founding team member at Apax Digital where he focused on growth equity investing. Prior to Apax Digital, Mr. Chaudhry worked at Honeycomb Asset Management, a fundamental long/short equity manager, and at KKR where he focused on growth equity and private equity investments. He started his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Chaudhry graduated from U.C Berkeley with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.
Issa Chehab
Managing Director
Real Estate - Sydney
Issa Chehab is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Private Investments team, based in Sydney. Mr. Chehab has executed financings across all major asset classes and capital markets sectors.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Chehab was a Director with GE Capital Real Estate working on equity and debt transactions in Australia and Asia.
Mr Chehab holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Kuohsin Chen
Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Kuohsin Chen is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Institutional Client Solutions Group. Ms. Chen is involved in raising capital for Blackstone's private investment funds and maintaining relationships with the Firm’s Limited Partners.
Since joining Blackstone in 2012, Ms. Chen has performed various roles across the firm, most recently within the Insurance Solutions group, where she was involved in the development, distribution and portfolio management of alternative solutions for insurance companies and prior to that she executed M&A and strategic initiatives within the asset management industry on behalf of Blackstone. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Chen was an investment banker at UBS Investment Bank.
Ms. Chen received a BS in Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She currently serves on the Associates Council of Prep for Prep, a New York City based education non-profit.
Amy Chen
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Amy Chen is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. Ms. Chen heads up the tax compliance and reporting function for all Blackstone Credit's investment funds and its affiliated entities. Her responsibilities include managing the tax compliance and reporting obligation both in the US and in foreign jurisdictions as well as FATCA compliance. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Chen was a Director of Tax at Amber Capital Investment Management where she was responsible for all tax matters related to the investments funds as well as the management company. She collaborated with the investment team, operation team and legal team on all portfolio transactions. Prior to joining Amber Capital, she was a Senior Tax Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers’s asset management tax group based in New York where she provided a wide range of tax services to private investment fund clients. Ms. Chen was also a Tax Manager at Arthur Andersen’s financial services tax group based in New York where she provided similar tax services to private investment fund clients as well as international banking clients. Ms. Chen received her BBA in Accounting from Bernard M. Baruch College. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institution of Certified Public Accountants.
Athena Cheng
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Athena Cheng is a Managing Director in the Chief Legal Office and Blackstone’s Head of Litigation and Investigations.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Cheng practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP where she focused on litigation, investigations and antitrust matters. Prior to joining Cravath, Ms. Cheng served as a law clerk to the Honorable William G. Young of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Ms. Cheng received a BA in Psychology, magna cum laude, from Yale University, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and a JD, summa cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.
Ashish Chhaparwal
Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Ashish Chhaparwal is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. Mr. Chhaparwal is involved in model management, portfolio construction, and alpha research in of Corporate Bond Strategies’ (BCBS) portfolios.
Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Chhaparwal was Head of Strategy Implementation at DCI. Before joining DCI, Mr. Chhaparwal was a portfolio co-manager and researcher for global equity long-short strategies at Incapture Investments. Prior to that he was Senior Researcher at Charles Schwab Investment Management (CSIM) focusing on Schwab Active Equity Funds. Prior to CSIM, he was at BlackRock (previously Barclays Global Investors), where he began his career in the Scientific Active Equity group (SAE).
Mr. Chhaparwal is a CFA charter holder and received a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD).
Charmaine Chin
Managing Director
BXMA - Singapore
Charmaine Chin is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Ms. Chin worked at Fullerton Fund Management in Singapore managing a portfolio of hedge funds, private equity and private credit funds, as well as co-investments and late-stage growth investments. Prior to Fullerton, Ms. Chin spent 12 years as a Partner and Managing Director at K2 Advisors (part of Franklin Templeton’s Alternatives division) in New York, where she oversaw all of K2’s investments in Asia, as well as all investments globally in credit and event-driven strategies. Prior to K2, Ms. Chin worked at Goldman Sachs in the Special Situations Group, focused on opportunistic investing across equities and credit. Ms. Chin began her career in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs in New York and Hong Kong.
Ms. Chin received a B.A. from Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In addition, she serves on the Singapore Advisory Committee for the Standards Board for Alternatives Investments and the United World College of South East Asia board.
Paula Chirhart
Managing Director
Corporate Affairs - New York
Paula is a Managing Director in the Global Corporate Affairs Group. She serves as a media spokesperson for the firm and advises on communications issues.
Ms. Chirhart joined Blackstone in 2015 from global financial services provider Macquarie Group where she served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications in the Americas. During her eight-year tenure at Macquarie, she served as the primary spokesperson for several its businesses including Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA). Prior to joining Macquarie, she served as a Vice President at Abernathy MacGregor, a leading NY-based financial communications firm, where she worked on communications efforts relating to transactions, crisis management and corporate reputation building. She started her career as a Research Associate for the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.
Ms. Chirhart received a BA from The University of Virginia.
Mark Cho
Managing Director
Real Estate - Shanghai
Mark Cho is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in Shanghai. He is involved in the asset management of Blackstone’s real estate investments in China. Mr. Cho joined Blackstone in 2019 and has been involved with Westlink China and other commercial and multifamily real estate assets across China.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Cho worked at LimeTree Capital China as a Senior Partner & CEO of China responsible for capital strategy, investments, asset management and overall operations for the firm. Prior to that, Mr. Cho worked at Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management (RREEF) group in Hong Kong as Head of China and COO for the Asia Pacific Region.
Mr. Cho received an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University and also holds a Bachelor of Economics degree in Finance and Management from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
Younghee Choi
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - Seoul
Younghee Choi is a Senior Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions group and is based in Seoul. Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. Choi has focused on capital raising and new investor relation development for Blackstone’s private funds. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Choi was an Associate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Real Estate Private Equity group where she was involved in real estate investment and asset management in Seoul. Ms. Choi received a B.Arch from Syracuse University.
Ann Chung
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Growth - New York
Ann Chung is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer for Blackstone Growth based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Ms. Chung has led investments in Oatly, Spanx, Supergoop, and Weee.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Chung held roles at Fremont Private Holdings, the direct investing arm of the Bechtel family office, and J.H. Whitney Capital Partners where she led all consumer and consumer-impacted investments. Ms. Chung has also held positions with Swander Pace Capital, L Catterton, and Wachovia Securities and served on the boards of Alphia, Accupac, and Merrick Pet Care.
Ms. Chung currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oatly, Spanx and Supergoop. She received her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
Andrea Cinkovic
Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Ms. Cinkovic is a Managing Director on the Institutional Client Solutions team for Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. She focuses on capital raising and limited partner relationships.
Before joining Blackstone in 2023, Ms. Cinkovic was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. During her fourteen years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Ms. Cinkovic was responsible for advising institutional clients on asset management solutions across the firm’s private and public investing platform. She also led the institutional capital markets team in the Americas, which focused on capital raising efforts for the firm’s alternative fund families.
Ms. Cinkovic received a BS in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. Ms. Cinkovic serves on the North Board of Junior Achievement of New Jersey.
Steven Cipolloni
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Steven Cipolloni is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Cipolloni oversees BXCI’s data operations and automation strategies, which ensure the quality and delivery of data to our clients, investment teams and back office while providing solutions for complex operations.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Cipolloni worked at Deutsche Bank and Blackrock with a focus on applications and data for asset management. Mr. Cipolloni began his career at various sell side desks at Bear Stearns and BNP Paribas.
Mr. Cipolloni received a BA in Economics from Rutgers University.
Evan Clandorf
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Evan Clandorf is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance department, providing legal support to Blackstone’s business groups, as well as being involved in a variety of legal and compliance matters for the firm.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Clandorf worked in the compliance departments of Barclays Capital Inc., and Macquarie Bank.
Mr. Clandorf received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and Management, from the State University of New York at Albany. Mr. Clandorf received a J.D. and Master of Laws (Financial Services) from New York Law School.
Harrison Claud
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Harrison Claud is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Claud is principally involved in originating, evaluating, executing and monitoring private and public investments across a diverse range of strategies and industries.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Claud worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Barclays Investment Bank.
Mr. Claud graduated with a BA in Economics with a Concentration in Finance from Washington and Lee University.
Frank Cohen
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Frank Cohen is the Global Chairman of Core+ Real Estate. He is the current Chairman and CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust. He will be retiring from Blackstone and stepping down as BREIT Chief Executive Officer as of January 1, 2025. He will remain the Chairman of the Board.
Since joining Blackstone in 1996, Mr. Cohen has played an integral role in the growth of the real estate business. He previously held multiple leadership positions, overseeing Americas Acquisitions and later the Core+ Real estate business from its early days. He has been involved in over $100 billion of real estate transactions, including many of the firm’s notable investments, including Equity Office, CarrAmerica Realty, Trizec and IndCor Properties.
Mr. Cohen received a BA from Northwestern University, where he graduated from the Honors Program in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, with a double major in political science.
He serves on the Board of Trustees for Northwestern University, as a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and on the NAREIT Advisory Board of Governors. He also serves as a director of several Blackstone portfolio companies and served as a director for Tricon Residential Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP).
Jonathan Cohen
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Jonathan Cohen is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Cohen is responsible for trading U.S. high yield and leveraged loan assets.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Cohen spent seven years at UBS Investment Bank where he was responsible for trading leveraged loans, high yield, and credit default swaps.
Mr. Cohen received a BA in Economics from the University of Albany
Brad Colman
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Brad Colman is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Healthcare investing for Private Credit Strategies in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Colman has been with Blackstone since 2012, focusing on originating, analyzing, executing and monitoring credit investments for the Performing Credit Group. Mr. Colman’s responsibilities also include acting as the Portfolio Manager for Blackstone Credit's Diamond Fund, which focuses on senior and stretch senior loans to middle market issuers in the U.S.
Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Colman worked as a Director in the Strategic Investments group at PartnerRe, a Senior Associate in the sponsor finance team at American Capital, and an Analyst in Merrill Lynch’s investment banking group.
Mr. Colman graduated magna cum laude from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business with a BS in Finance, Accounting, and Operations.
Caitlin Colvin
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Caitlin Colvin is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. She is responsible for regulatory strategy and engagement in support of our insurance business.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Colvin was a Senior Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations at Kroll Bond Rating Agency, where she most recently ran fixed income institutional investor relations and insurance regulatory affairs. In that role, she advised KBRA and insurance company investors regarding insurance regulatory developments impacting their rated investments. Previously, Ms. Colvin was a practicing attorney at Clifford Chance US LLP, and Thompson Hine LLP.
Ms. Colvin holds a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law (cum laude) and a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross.
Michael Concannon
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Michael Concannon is a Managing Director in the Finance Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. Concannon has been involved with global expense reporting and planning and has managed the accounting and reporting for our Registered Investment Advisors. He was also involved in the firm’s initial public offering.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Concannon worked at Deutsche Bank for 9 years, most recently as a Director in the Controlling department overseeing the regulatory reporting for their broker/dealer. Prior to that, he spent 7 years at Bear Stearns also with broker/dealer reporting responsibilities.
Mr. Concannon received a BS in Accounting from Georgetown University and is a licensed Financial and Operations Principal (Series 27).
Eric Conklin
Sr. Managing Director, Managing Partner
Harvest - Pennsylvania
Eric Conklin is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone, serving as the Managing Partner of Harvest Fund Advisors, Blackstone’s publicly traded MLP and Yield-Oriented Investment Platform. Having joined Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Conklin focuses on Harvest’s investment process and the overall direction and growth of Harvest.
Before joining Harvest in 2006, Mr. Conklin was a Vice President in the Credit Suisse Energy Equity Research Group responsible for coverage of the MLP sector. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Conklin was a Research Analyst on both the Exploration & Production and Oil Services teams at Lehman Brothers. Before moving to research, Mr. Conklin was an associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at JP Morgan, and an associate in the Energy Group at the Bank of New York.
Mr. Conklin received a BA in Economics from Hamilton College, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA with Honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Laura Conneely
Managing Director
ICS - New York
Laura Conneely is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Institutional Client Solutions group in New York. Since joining Blackstone over 10 years ago, Laura has been involved in a variety of initiatives across the Firm. In July 2017, she transitioned to help cultivate Blackstone’s relationships with U.S. based family offices, RIAs, endowments & foundations. She partners with these pools of capital on liquid and illiquid alternatives solutions across Blackstone, including co-invests. Prior to this role, she was responsible for performing diligence for Blackstone’s hedge fund solutions business and evaluating hedge fund managers across the United States, Latin America and Europe. She has also been responsible for product structuring and legal due diligence.
Ms. Conneely earned her BS degree from Duke University.
Eugene Cook
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - Seoul
Eugene Cook is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Korea for Blackstone Private Equity. Before opening Blackstone’s Seoul office, Mr. Cook was previously based in Hong Kong and New York, and has been involved in Blackstone’s various investments across North Asia and the United States, including Ayumi Pharmaceutical, Clarion Offshore Partners, Geo-Young, Gridliance, Onyx Renewables, and Simone Accessories.
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Cook worked for the U.S. private equity divisions of KKR and the Carlyle Group. He started his career with J.P. Morgan’s Global M&A department.
Mr. Cook received a BA in Economics with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.
Steven Cook
Managing Director
Private Equity - San Francisco
Steven Cook is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Cook worked as an Associate at Leonard Green & Partners and as an Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Financial Sponsors Group.
Mr. Cook graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a BS in Economics with a concentration in finance. He also received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
David Coppe
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
David Coppé is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Asset Management for North America for Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Prior to his current role, since 2019, Mr. Coppé was involved in a Chairman or Board Member capacity for several Blackstone Credit portfolio companies.
Prior to working with Blackstone, Mr. Coppé worked in private equity, as Head of Energy Private Equity for CDPQ and, earlier, as a Partner at Cadent Energy Partners. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Probe Holdings, a Texas-based manufacturer of specialty measurement equipment, where he led an operational turnaround. Earlier in his career, Mr. Coppé was an investment banking associate at Goldman Sachs, in the Technology, and in the Energy and Power groups. He started his career at Schlumberger, working on drilling rigs in the North Sea, Venezuela and Asia.
Mr. Coppé holds an Engineering degree from the University of Louvain, Belgium, and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management.
David Corey
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - San Francisco
David J. Corey is the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Strategic Partners. Mr. Corey is a member of each of Strategic Partners’ Investment Committees, and its Management and Operating Committees. Since joining Strategic Partners in 2001, Mr. Corey has been involved in over $30 billion of secondary transactions and developed investor relationships across the Americas and Asia. He serves or has served on numerous advisory and charitable boards and is currently a Trustee of Marin Academy.
Mr. Corey received a B.A. cum laude in History from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law, where he was a member of the California Law Review and a multiple Jurisprudence Award recipient.
Sean Cort
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Sean Cort is a Senior Managing Director with Blackstone and is the Head of Middle Office and Risk Management for Credit, BREDS Liquids and BIS. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Cort was Chief Administrative Officer of Fortress Investment Group, overseeing the managed account platform, global trading activities, financial planning and strategic initiatives for the hedge fund business. Prior to that, he worked at Credit Suisse where he managed the Prime Services client documentation team, responsible for client fund onboarding, operational and credit related issues. Before Credit Suisse, he worked at Credit Agricole overseeing U.S. capital markets activities and the integration of the U.S. operations of Credit Lyonnais and Credit Agricole. Mr. Cort also worked at Deustche Bank AG where he covered the Global Markets business supporting various trading desks. Mr. Cort received a JD from Boston University and BA from the University of Rochester, with a Management Certificate from the Simon School of Business.
Graham Courtright
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - London
Graham Courtright is a Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Courtright has been involved in a number of the firm’s investments including NIBC, Kensington Mortgages, performing mortgage portfolio acquisitions, commercial real estate and specialty lending platforms.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Courtright worked at Rothschild in London in their Mergers & Acquisitions division.
Mr. Courtright received a BA from the University of Cambridge.
Mathieu Cransac
Managing Director
Private Equity - London
Mathieu Cransac is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group, based in London. Mr. Cransac focuses on investments in the Business Services sector in Europe, as well as investments across sectors in France.
Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Cransac has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Center Parcs, United Biscuits, Tangerine, Intertrust, ATC, Elian, Alliance Automotive Group, Cerdia, Luminor, Stow, Chubb and VFS. He currently serves on the board of Cerdia, Stow, and VFS.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Cransac worked at Goldman Sachs PIA and Cinven. Mr. Cransac received an MBA with a Major in Corporate Finance and Private Equity from ESSEC Business School and a Master 1 in Business Law from La Sorbonne University. During his studies, Mr. Cransac was a Vice-President of Junior ESSEC Consulting.
Jeff Cui
Managing Director
Private Equity - Hong Kong
Jeff Cui is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in Hong Kong.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Cui worked as an Associate at TPG Capital, where he evaluated and executed private equity investments across several industries. Prior to that, he worked as an Analyst in Morgan Stanley’s Mergers and Acquisitions Group and Private Equity Group.
Mr. Cui received a A.B. double majoring in Economics and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies from Dartmouth College, where he was named a Presidential Scholar and a Rufus Choate Scholar and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School and was named a Baker Scholar. He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School and is a licensed attorney of the New York Bar.
Ryan Cullen
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Ryan Cullen is a Managing Director and Head of Internal Sales for the private wealth Management channel within the Private Wealth Solutions group. Upon joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. Cullen was in the Finance group where he was involved in a variety of matters pertaining to investments, taxation, accounting, and philanthropy. Since joining Private Wealth Solutions in 2013, Mr. Cullen has focused his efforts on raising capital for Blackstone’s private and public funds. In his current role, he focuses on a team of client sales professionals delivering Blackstone’s comprehensive platform of alternative investment strategies to financial intermediaries.
Mr. Cullen received a BA in Finance from Saint Joseph’s University. He is also a member of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council.
David Cunningham
Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
David Cunningham is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Ireland. Mr. Cunningham is a portfolio manager for the European CLOs in Liquid Credit Strategies (LCS).
Mr. Cunningham joined Blackstone during their acquisition of Harbourmaster Capital Management Limited in 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Cunningham was a Director at Harbourmaster Capital where he was part of the portfolio management group for the CLOs and was also involved in capital formation and investor relations. Prior to joining Harbourmaster Capital in 2007, Mr. Cunningham worked as a credit analyst in WGZ Bank focusing on structured finance transactions.
Mr. Cunningham received a BE in Electronic Engineering from University College Dublin and his MSc in Financial & Industrial Mathematics from Dublin City University. Mr. Cunningham is also a CFA Charterholder and a CAIA Charterholder.
Giovanni Cutaia
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Giovanni Cutaia is the Global Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate and Global Head of Real Estate Asset Management.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Cutaia was at Lone Star Funds where he was a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Commercial Real Estate Investments Americas. Prior to Lone Star, Mr. Cutaia spent over 12 years at Goldman Sachs in its Real Estate Principal Investments Area as a Managing Director in its New York and London offices.
Mr. Cutaia received a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Nela D’Agosta
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Nela D'Agosta is a Senior Managing Director and leads ICS for insurance globally in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. D’Agosta was at MetLife Investment Management where she was the Global Head of Insurance & Banking in their Institutional Client Group leading strategy, sales, and relationship management. Prior to that, she was at Goldman Sachs Asset Management where she was the Global Head of Insurance Client Relationship Management overseeing client service and business growth for their insurance clients. Ms. D’Agosta also worked at JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley in New York, London and Sydney, in various client facing roles.
Ms. D’Agosta received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Villanova University.
Marco D’Arienzo
Managing Director
Real Estate - Toronto
Marco D’Arienzo is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. D’Arienzo has held roles in both New York and Toronto and has been involved in investing and managing real estate across several asset classes, including Blackstone’s Canadian industrial portfolio (Pure Industrial) and its US affordable housing platform (April Housing). Prior to that, he was involved in sourcing, underwriting, negotiating, and structuring commercial and residential real estate debt investments across the United States and Canada.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. D’Arienzo worked in Toronto for Brookfield Financial supporting global real estate M&A, capital markets and brokerage teams.
Mr. D’Arienzo received a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) from Queen’s University and serves as a board member for the Canadian Transplant Association and the Heart & Hands Pediatric Clinic.
Ana DaCosta
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Ana DaCosta is a Managing Director within the Institutional Client Solutions group of Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. She is responsible for product strategy and product development for BXCI clients.
Prior to Blackstone, Ms. DaCosta served as Head of Alternative Product Solutions for Voya Investment Management. Before that, Ms. DaCosta spent 16 years at MetLife Investment Management where she had a variety of roles including Head of Real Estate Debt Client Solutions, Business Administration for the office of the COO and as a private credit investments lawyer. Ms. DaCosta began her career as a corporate attorney at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae, LLP.
Ms. DaCosta earned a BA in Philosophy from Rutgers University and a JD from New York Law School. Ms. DaCosta holds several FINRA licenses.
Gabrielle Dale
Managing Director
Infrastructure - London
Gabrielle Dale is a Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2022, Ms. Dale spent 16 years at Macquarie, most recently as a Managing Director at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets where she was involved in numerous transactions in the transport and digital infrastructure sectors. Gabrielle started her career in Macquarie’s infrastructure advisory group, Macquarie Capital, where she worked in various global offices across Australia, UAE and UK. She has previously served as a director of HES International, Macquarie Air Finance and Exolum.
Ms. Dale graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) and a Bachelor of Science.
Amit Dalmia
Sr. Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - Mumbai
Amit Dalmia is a Senior Managing Director in the Corporate Private Equity group and is based in Mumbai. Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Dalmia has primarily been involved in monitoring the performance and development of Blackstone portfolio companies in India. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Dalmia had diverse operational experience of over 13 years with Hindustan Unilever India ("HUL") in various management and business leadership roles ranging from finance and accounts to commercial and supply chain. Mr. Dalmia He has undergone a management training program with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and subsequently worked extensively on in-company training at Unilever. Mr. Dalmia received a B. Com. (Hons. ) from St. Xaviers' College from the University of Kolkatta, India. He is also a Chartered Accountant (CA), Company Secretary (CS) and Cost Accountant (ICWA) with three Gold Medals for securing first-ranks in the country.
Jake Dalpiaz
Managing Director
Blackstone Capital Markets - New York
Jake Dalpiaz is a Managing Director in Blackstone Capital Markets (BXCM) based in New York.
Since joining Blackstone in June 2021, he has been involved with asset-backed capital markets financing activities across Blackstone in a variety of sectors, such as digital infrastructure, WBS, media royalties, accounts receivables, fund finance, and consumer credit.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Dalpiaz was a Director at Barclays in the Structured Products Origination group, responsible for origination, structuring, and syndication across a range of traditional and esoteric securitized asset classes.
Mr. Dalpiaz graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in History and minors in Business and Economics. He is also a CFA® charterholder.
Amanda Daniel
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Amanda Daniel is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Product Specialist team, based in London.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Daniel worked at BlackRock as a product specialist for its hedge fund solutions business. Prior to joining BlackRock, Ms. Daniel worked on the Institutional Fixed Income Sales team at RBC Capital Markets.
Ms. Daniel received a BA in History from Princeton University.
Simon Davies
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Simon Davies is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London and is Head of Europe Real Estate Finance.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Davies lead the tax function for the European real estate business focusing on tax planning around fund formations, acquisitions and disposals. Before joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Davies worked as a Senior Manager in the Investment Management and Real Estate team at PricewaterhouseCoopers and specialized in the tax affairs of international real estate funds and investments.
Mr. Davies received a First-Class Honours degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
Sara Davis
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York 601 Lex
Sara Davis is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate and Co-Head of BPP Global Finance, based in New York. Ms. Davis is involved with valuations, performance and investor reporting for the global BPP real estate fund platform.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Ms. Davis spent over 17 years at Morgan Stanley where she most recently was an Executive Director in MSIM’s Real Assets Group, leading the portfolio management team for the global opportunistic real estate funds.
Ms. Davis received a BS in Finance and International Business from Manhattan College, where she graduated summa cum laude and an MBA from Fordham University. Ms. Davis is a member of the NCREIF/PREA Reporting Standards Council.
Joe DeFalco
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Joe DeFalco is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. DeFalco was an Assurance Manager in PricewaterhouseCooper’s Alternative Investment Fund practice.
Mr. DeFalco received a B.A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also received an M.S. in Accounting from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and is a Certified Public Accountant.
John DePalma
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
John DePalma is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. DePalma is involved with the ongoing analysis and evaluation of primary and secondary fixed income investments.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. DePalma worked at Babson Capital Management, most recently as an Associate Director in the Alternative High Yield Investments Group. There he was responsible for debt and equity analysis covering a variety of industries for the firm’s event driven hedge fund.
Mr. DePalma received a BS in Finance from Bentley University, where he graduated magna cum laude and is a CFA Charterholder.
Anthony DeRose
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Anthony DeRose is a Managing Director in the Legal and Compliance Department and is the Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone Securities Partners L.P. In addition, Mr. DeRose oversees the Central Compliance and Conflicts Clearance teams.
Before joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. DeRose was a Managing Director in Compliance at Deustche Bank and before that he served as Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at Och-Ziff Capital Management. From 2008 to 2016, Mr. DeRose was a member of Compliance at Goldman Sachs and was named a Managing Director in 2013. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. DeRose was a Senior Vice President in Legal & Compliance at Lehman Brothers, and he began his career as a Corporate Associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft.
He received his BS magna cum laude from Binghamton University School of Management and his JD from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a member of the Journal of Law and Policy and the Moot Court Honor Society.
Adam Denhoff
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Adam Denhoff is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Denhoff worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as an Associate in the Restructuring Group.
Mr. Denhoff received a BA, cum laude, from New York University, and a JD, magna cum laude, from The University of Michigan Law School.
Ravi Desai
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Ravi Desai is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA). Mr. Desai is involved in hedge fund manager evaluation, selection, and monitoring, as well as structured and corporate credit investments.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Desai was a Managing Director at Caprok Capital. Prior to Caprok, Mr. Desai was a Portfolio Manager at Tolis Advisors, and prior to that, a Vice President at Bear Stearns.
Mr. Desai received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.
Susanne Desch
Managing Director & CAO
Tactical Opportunities - New York
Susanne Desch is the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (BXPE), a Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities (“Tac Opps”) group, based in New York. In these roles, she oversees strategy, operations and administration for the business.
Ms. Desch joined Blackstone in 2014, after nearly 10 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she focused on Business Administration for the Global Markets and Investment Bank, followed by the Private Banking and Investment Group.
Ms. Desch received a BS in Business Administration from Western Carolina University.
Teddy Desloge
Managing Director
BXCI - Miami
Teddy Desloge is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Miami and serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Portfolio Manager of Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL). Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Desloge has been involved with investment management of various direct lending funds and has focused on origination, research, and execution of private and opportunistic credit investments across industries, supporting private credit strategies.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Desloge focused on origination, research and execution of private credit investments at Gefinor Capital. He started his career in the Leveraged Finance group at Jefferies.
Mr. Desloge graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges with a BA in Economics.
Chris Dettman
Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Chris Dettman is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in New York, where he focuses on investments in the Technology and Services industries. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Dettman has worked in both the New York and Tokyo offices and has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Refinitiv, Alinamin, Encore, Kronos, Ipreo, and Lendmark.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Dettman worked at Stephens Inc. in its Investment Banking division. Mr. Dettman received a BS from the University of Nebraska and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Tyler Dickson
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Tyler Dickson is the Global Head of Client Relations for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in September 2024, Mr. Dickson spent 35 years at Citi, most recently as Global Head of Investment Banking and Vice Chair of Banking & International and an Operating Team member. Mr. Dickson also held numerous senior leadership positions in markets and banking, including running corporate and investment banking and overseeing equity and debt capital markets, leveraged finance, structured finance and securitization businesses.
Mr. Dickson received a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.
Marc Dietrich
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Marc Dietrich is a Managing Director on the Institutional Client Solutions (ICS) team within Blackstone Credit focused on institutional marketing, business development and client relationships. Marc has over 20 years of institutional sales and investment management experience, including in both buy-side and sell-side roles.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Dietrich was a Sr. Institutional Client Advisor with Neuberger Berman. Prior to that, he was an Executive Director with Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Allianz Global Investors. He began his career in Chicago with Capital Markets roles with Morgan Stanley and First Analysis.
Mr. Dietrich holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and he has been awarded the CAIA designation.
Michael Diverio
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Mike Diverio is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group where he focuses on investments in the Digital Infrastructure and Transportation sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, he has been involved in the execution of investments in QTS Realty Trust, Phoenix Tower International, Signature Aviation and the Digital Realty JV.
Prior to Blackstone, Mike worked in corporate private equity, most recently at Apollo Global Management, where he was involved in the investments in Direct ChassisLink, Blume Global, and Qdoba Mexican Eats, and served on the Board of Directors of Direct ChassisLink, Blume Global, Qdoba, and CEC Entertainment. Mike began his career at Morgan Stanley in the investment banking division.
Mike received a BS in Business Administration from Washington & Lee University where he graduated magna cum laude, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mike currently serves on the Board of Directors of QTS Realty Trust, Phoenix Tower International, and the Digital Realty JV, and as a Board Observer of Signature Aviation. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Hun School of Princeton.
Amit Dixit
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - Mumbai
Amit Dixit is Head of Asia for Blackstone Private Equity. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Dixit has been based in Mumbai and led various investments in South Asia and global technology-enabled services.
Previously, Mr. Dixit was a Principal at Warburg Pincus and started his career at Trilogy Software. Mr. Dixit received an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai where he was awarded the Director’s Silver Medal for graduating at the top of his program. Mr. Dixit has established the first Chair exclusively for women faculty pursuing research in science and technology at IIT Mumbai.
He currently serves as a Director of Mphasis, TaskUs, Aadhar Housing Finance, Essel Propack, Sona Comstar, ASK Investment Managers Limited, VFS Global AG and Blackstone India. Mr. Dixit was previously a Director of Intelenet Global Services, Trans Maldivian Airways, PGP Glass Private Limited, Jagran Media, Midday Infomedia Ltd., Igarashi Motors India, S.H. Kelkar Fragrances, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, IBS Software and Aakash Educational Services Limited.
Thomas Dixon
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - London
Thomas Dixon is a Managing Director in the Blackstone European Private Equity Portfolio Operations team based in London.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Dixon worked at Alvarez & Marsal, Deloitte and EY leading performance improvement projects for PE portfolio companies.
Mr. Dixon graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) with a BSc in Management (International Studies) and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).
Himanshu Dodeja
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - Mumbai
Himanshu Dodeja is a Senior Managing Director in the Legal and Compliance Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Dodeja has advised on various investments across private equity, real estate, tactical opportunities, and growth.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Dodeja was a partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Mumbai, where he focused on private equity and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Dodeja completed his post-graduate studies in corporate law, from New York University and is licensed to practice in India and New York. Mr. Dodeja is a member of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s committees on capital markets and private equity. He currently serves as a director on various boards including ASK Wealth Advisors Private Limited and Blackstone India Advisors Private Limited.
Aisling Doherty
Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
Aisling Doherty is a Managing Director in Blackstone and Insurance (BXCI) based in Ireland.
Ms. Doherty is responsible for engaging asset owners across the liquid credit opportunity set, with a focus on delivering for optimal credit solutions to meet their needs. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Doherty was a Partner and Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager for Mercer Global Investments where she oversaw $40bn of delegated fixed income assets on behalf of investors.
Ms. Doherty received an Honors BSc in Financial and Actuarial Mathematics and completed Postgraduate studies in Actuarial Applications at Dublin City University, Ireland. Ms. Doherty is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries UK, and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.
K.C. Dolan
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - London
K.C. Dolan is a Managing Director in Portfolio Operations and leads asset management in Europe for Tactical Opportunities.
Before joining Blackstone in 2023, Mr. Dolan worked at Lycamobile, the world’s largest Mobile Virtual Network Operator, where he was the Chief Development Officer. Prior to Lycamobile, he spent 15 years at Liberty Global, a leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications services. At Liberty, he held various senior roles in Investor Relations, Financial Planning & Analysis, Strategy & Development, Business Integration as well as serving as the Deputy CFO of Liberty Latin America and the CFO of UPC Central & Eastern Europe. Prior to his operational experience, he worked in the investment banking divisions of JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Dolan received a B.S. in Finance from Villanova University. He currently serves as a director of Hipgnosis, a portfolio company in the Tactical Opportunities Fund.
Jana Douglas
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Jana Douglas is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Douglas focuses on Investment Operations for the Insurance and Asset Based Finance groups and is also responsible for BXCI Strategic Initiatives, Insurance Client Operations Relationship Management, and oversight of client service providers.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Douglas had a variety of roles at Citco Fund Services including oversight of middle and back-office management for Citco’s strategic clients, Business Analysis and Program Management for Citco’s Operations & Technology initiatives.
Ms. Douglas received a BS in Finance from the University of British Columbia.
Andrew Dowler
Managing Director
Government Relations - Berkeley Square House London
Andrew Dowler is a Managing Director of Government Relations in Europe. He helps navigate political, legislative, and regulatory risk for the firm and advises Blackstone's portfolio companies on related matters, drawing on his extensive knowledge and expertise built up over more than 30 years advising alternative investment companies.
Mr. Dowler played a major role on many of the most high-profile mergers and acquisitions (hostile and agreed), re-financings and restructurings of the European market since deregulation in the 1980s.
Mr. Dowler was previously a Partner at one of the UK’s leading public affairs consultancies (where his clients included Blackstone) and started his career in politics in Westminster as a researcher and speechwriter. He received a BSc (Hons) from the University of Southampton.
Joe Dowling
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Joe Dowling is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA), where he oversees and leads all of BXMA’s investment activities.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Dowling led Brown University’s endowment, including as Chief Executive Officer from July 2018 to July 2020 and Chief Investment Officer from June 2013 to July 2018. Mr. Dowling also served as interim Chief Financial Officer of the University from May 2019 until January 2020, leading all finance and treasury functions as well as cash and debt management.
Before joining Brown University, he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Narragansett Asset Management, where he managed funds for institutions, pension funds, and endowments. Mr. Dowling has also worked for First Boston and Tudor Investments.
Mr. Dowling has a B.A. from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Amanda Downy
Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Amanda Downy is a Managing Director and Human Resources Business Partner supporting the Blackstone Credit & Insurance, Infrastructure, and Strategic Partners businesses.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Downy was the Head of Human Capital at Sycamore Partners where she was responsible for building the HR function and enabling talent strategy. Prior to Sycamore, she spent eight years at Apollo Global Management, most recently as the HR Business Partner for the Credit business. Over her Apollo tenure, she previously covered the Private Equity and Real Estate businesses, as well as the Executive Office and several corporate functions. She began her career at Deutsche Bank as an HR Business Partner.
Ms. Downy received a B.S. in Communication and a Human Resources Concentration from Cornell University, where she also minored in Applied Economics and Management.
Andrea Drasites
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Andrea Drasites is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group at Blackstone. She is involved in the asset management and oversight of Blackstone’s retail, gaming, digital infrastructure, and tradeshow investments in the US including ShopCore, Edens, QTS, Phoenix Towers and International Market Centers.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Drasites was responsible for asset management, acquisitions, and dispositions at Equity One, Inc., She began her real estate career at Woolbright Development.
Ms. Drasites received a BA in International Business from Rollins College and an MBA from the University of Florida with honors. Ms. Drasites is active in the Blackstone Diversity & Inclusion and Task Force and is a member of the University of Florida’s Real Estate Advisory Board, as well as the International Council of Shopping Centers Board of Trustees and Executive Board. She is on the Founding Member on the Board of Core Giving.
Jonathan Duber
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Jonathan Duber is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Duber has been focused on the asset management of Blackstone’s U.S. industrial portfolio, Link Logistics, which spans more than 450 million square feet.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Duber was a Director of Acquisitions at GTIS Partners. He previously worked as an Analyst in Deutsche Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Group.
Mr. Duber received a BS from Cornell University.
Jean-Christophe Dubois
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Jean-Christophe Dubois is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is based in London. Mr. Dubois is involved with portfolio management, asset management and transaction activities across our continental European businesses. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Dubois was a Managing Director at Archon, Goldman Sachs’ European real estate and distressed loan management platform. Prior to this role, Mr. Dubois held multiple leadership positions at Archon, including Head of Italian Management Platform, Head of European Acquisition, Head of Loan Management and Asset Manager. Mr. Dubois received a degree in engineering from Ecole Centrale de Marseille and a Master in Finance from ESCP Europe.
Eric Duchon
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Eric Duchon is a Managing Director and the Global Head of ESG for Blackstone Real Estate. As part of the Real Estate Asset Management team, he partners with the firm’s central ESG team and Portfolio Operations to initiate, manage, implement and report ESG initiatives across the global Real Estate portfolio.
Prior to joining Blackstone in November 2020, Mr. Duchon was at LaSalle Investment Management where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability. Prior to LaSalle, Mr. Duchon spent over 9 years at Cushman & Wakefield as the Director of Sustainability Strategies.
Mr. Duchon received a BBA from Emory University – Goizueta Business School and a Masters in Real Estate Development Degree from New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate.
Christopher Duff
Managing Director
Strategic Incentives Group - New York
Christopher Duff is a Managing Director in the Finance Group. Since joining the firm in 1998, Mr. Duff has been involved with the management of the investment economics related to the general partner and side-by-side in the various Blackstone funds. His responsibilities include the preparation and invoicing of the general partner and side-by-side investments made by the firm's funds, the distribution of proceeds received from these components of the funds, the preparation of annual side-by-side elections projecting anticipated funding requirements for all participating Blackstone investors, the placement of financing including loan repayment and analysis of financing costs and the importing and management of all pertinent data into our accounting software for easy tracking and reporting. Mr. Duff received a BS in Finance from Villanova University.
Michael J Dupuis
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - San Francisco
Michael Dupuis is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Management Group involved in raising capital for Blackstone’s private and public funds in the Pacific Northwest region. Prior to joining Blackstone in January 2012, Mr. Dupuis was a Senior Vice President in the Private Client Services Division of the Trust Company of the West responsible for business development and client service of endowment, foundation and family office clients. Before joining TCW in 2002 he was a Vice President of Roxbury Capital Management. Earlier he was the Director of Marketing for Munn, Bernhard and Associates. He began his investment career with Smith, Barney, Harris, Upham in New York as a financial advisor and was a Vice President of Kidder, Peabody & Company in a similar capacity. Mr. Dupuis holds a BS from The Ohio University.
Adam Dwinells
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Adam Dwinells is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Corporate Bond Strategies (BCBS) in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. BCBS manages high yield and investment grade bond strategies. Mr. Dwinells is also the Head of Portfolio Strategy for Liquid Credit Strategies (LCS) in BXCI. In this role Mr. Dwinells is focused on coordinating portfolio management activity across LCS.
Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Dwinells was Head of Portfolio Management at DCI where he was involved with portfolio management, strategy execution and investment technology. Prior to that, Mr. Dwinells was a Vice President at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Dwinells received a BS in Finance from Arizona State University.
Oran Ebel
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Oran Ebel is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Ebel has been involved in new business initiatives, fund structuring and related issues, investment transactions and a number of other legal and compliance matters. Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Ebel worked at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York as an associate in the Finance Group.
Mr. Ebel received an AB, cum laude, from Princeton University and a J.D., cum laude, from New York University School of Law. Prior to attending law school Mr. Ebel worked in real estate finance.
Karl Eber
Managing Director
BX Private Equity Strategies - New York
Karl Eber is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (“BXPE”) group focused on investments in the Industrials sector.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Eber was a Principal at Crestview Partners, where he evaluated and executed private equity investments across several sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Eber was a Vice President at Emerging Sovereign Group, a global long/short hedge fund. Earlier in his career, Mr. Eber was a Private Equity Associate at Bain Capital and a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Eber received an AB with a double major in Political Science and Psychology from Stanford University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Michael Eglit
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Michael Eglit is a Senior Managing Director and Head of U.S. Originations in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Private Investments team. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Eglit has been involved in sourcing, underwriting, negotiating and structuring debt investments across all asset types and geographies.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Eglit was with Wrightwood Capital where he underwrote and originated first mortgages, mezzanine loans and preferred equity.
Mr. Eglit received a BA from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
Elliot Eisenberger
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Elliot Eisenberger is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2007 Elliot has been involved in tax planning and consulting for Blackstone and its affiliated entities. His responsibilities include the implementation of efficient tax investment and fund structures as well as managing BXCI’s tax compliance and reporting obligations.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Eisenberger was the Director of Tax at Amaranth Advisors LLC where his responsibilities included providing tax consulting with respect to investment transactions, fund structure and other general tax issues as well as ensuring that the fund was in compliance with all Federal, State and International tax filings. Prior to joining Amaranth in 2003, Mr. Eisenberger was with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in its capital markets tax group where he provided a wide range of tax services to a number of hedge fund clients. Mr. Eisenberger was also with Ernst & Young LLP, providing similar tax services to hedge fund clients.
Mr. Eisenberger holds a BS in Accounting from Ramapo College of New Jersey and a Masters of Science in Taxation from Fordham University. Mr. Eisenberger is a Certified Public Accountant licensed to practice in the State of New York.
Ryan Elman
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Ryan Elman is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Elman has been involved in overseeing the Finance and Operations of BXMA’s various platforms, with a focus on mitigating operational risk across the business. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Elman worked in Citi Group’s Global Transaction Services business, where he managed the monthly operations and books and records across a number of hedge fund relationships.
Mr. Elman received a BS in Management from Boston College.
Jaiye Falusi
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Jaiye Falusi is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Falusi was a Director at Tishman Speyer where he focused on acquiring and developing real estate investments in the US, with a specific focus on affordable and workforce housing. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Mr. Falusi spent time in both the market rate and affordable housing teams at Related. Mr. Falusi began his career at Citigroup.
Mr. Falusi received his MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School and his BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University. Mr. Falusi is a 2021 Real Estate Board of New York (“REBNY”) fellow.
Donatella Fanti
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Donatella Fanti is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Fanti has been involved in Blackstone's real estate asset management activities, with a focus on the group's Italian real estate portfolio of office, retail, and hospitality assets, and the asset management of a number of Blackstone’s residential logistics and retail investments across Europe.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Fanti was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, based in Milan, where she spent seven years focused on investments and asset management on behalf of Morgan Stanley's real estate investing team.
Ms. Fanti graduated summa cum laude from the Politecnico di Milano in 2006.
Emily Farrell
Managing Director
BXMA - Tennessee
Emily Farrell is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Ms. Farrell was in the Financial Services Advisory group of PwC.
Ms. Farrell graduated cum laude from the University of Richmond where she received a BSBA in Accounting with a concentration in Finance and Minor in Studio Art
Mathias Favetto
Managing Director
Private Equity - London
Mathias Favetto is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group in London, where he focuses on investments in the Financial Services & Technology and Consumer sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Favetto has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Cerdia, Luminor and NIBC. He currently serves on the Supervisory Council of Luminor.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Favetto worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area.
Mr. Favetto received a MSc in Management from HEC Business School in Paris and a MSc in International Management (CEMS) from Stockholm School of Economics.
Jonathan Feiler
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Jonathan Feiler is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Feiler was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Arosa Capital Management LP, where he was responsible for overseeing all legal and compliance matters. Before joining Arosa, Mr. Feiler worked in the Investment Management group at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP where he represented private investment funds in connection with structuring, investor negotiation and ongoing legal issues, as well as regulatory and compliance matters.
Mr. Feiler received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude, and a B.S. in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Albany.
Marina Felman
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Marina Felman is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2019, Ms. Felman was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Antecapio Investment Partners, a multi-strategy registered investment adviser. Ms. Felman began her legal career at S.A.C. Capital Advisors and later transitioned to Point72 Asset Management, where she served as Counsel in the Legal Department for over a decade to support structuring, trading and execution of capital markets and financing transactions across asset classes for global affiliates. Prior to law school, Ms. Felman was an Analyst in the Syndicated Finance Group at JPMorgan.
Ms. Felman received a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Barnard College at Columbia University, and a J.D. from New York Law School.
Andrew Fenet
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Andrew Fenet is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is based in New York. Mr. Fenet focuses on capital raising efforts for Blackstone’s Real Estate funds. Previously, he was focused on new investment opportunities in North America across several property types. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Fenet was a Vice President in Morgan Stanley’s Real Estate Investment Group where he was responsible for new investments across all property types for the opportunistic and core real estate funds. Mr. Fenet received a BS in Economics from Vanderbilt University where he graduated magna cum laude and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management where he was awarded the Sears Scholarship.
James Feng
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
James Feng is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) on the Public Investments team, based in New York. Mr. Feng is involved with public real estate-related investments.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Feng worked at Credit Suisse, where he was responsible for trading CMBS. He began his career in the fixed income investing group at BlackRock.
Mr. Feng received a BSE in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University, where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Jillian Fitzpatrick
Managing Director
Government Relations - DC
Jillian Fitzpatrick is Managing Director of Government Relations for Blackstone. She helps navigate political, legislative, and regulatory risk for the firm and provides advice to portfolio companies on related matters.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Fitzpatrick was Head of Global Policy for S&P Global. She previously served as Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Minority Staff Director for the Banking Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance. She also served as Policy Director and Transition Director for U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and as Economic Policy Advisor for Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). During the development and passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Jillian worked for Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY-25) on the House Financial Services Committee.
Jillian is currently co-chair of the Duke University Politics and Policy Network. She holds a BA from Duke University in Durham, NC and an MA from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
John Fitzpatrick
Sr. Managing Director
PropTech & FinTech
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
John Fitzpatrick is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Alternative Asset Management Technology at Blackstone. He handles all aspects of technology across Blackstone’s Real Estate and Private Equity businesses and assists our portfolio companies with managing their technology programs and strategy. He is also involved in the firm’s balance sheet investments in targeted, early stage, technology-related opportunities.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Fitzpatrick oversaw various initiatives across the entire Technology and Innovations group. Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Fitzpatrick worked at Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor’s, for seven years where he was most recently the Head of Product.
He received a BS in Finance from St. John’s University and currently serves on the Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s Leadership Council.
Adam Fletcher
Sr. Managing Director
Cybersecurity
BXTI - Miami
Adam Fletcher is a Senior Managing Director in the Technology and Innovations group and Blackstone’s Chief Security Officer. He is responsible for all aspects of cyber and physical security across Blackstone as well as managing a small portfolio of investments in leading early-stage cybersecurity companies.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Fletcher was Blackstone’s Deputy CISO and helped lead an engaged community of cybersecurity professionals across Blackstone’s portfolio of companies. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Fletcher led the International Security organization for Equifax, coordinating a global security program across 14 countries, each with different business, regulatory, and privacy requirements.
Mr. Fletcher received a B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University. He currently serves as a director on the board of Pentera, is an observer on the boards of ShiftLeft, CyberGRX and Mitiga, and has been a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) since 2011.
Julie Flynn
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Julie Flynn is a Managing Director in Finance. She is co-lead of the Global Fund Finance group and co-head of BPP Global Finance. She oversees the accounting, financial reporting, fund administration and LP reporting for Blackstone’s open-ended products including the BPP Core Plus Real Estate Funds and the Infrastructure Funds.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Flynn worked at J.P. Morgan, where she was an Executive Director in the Global Real Assets Group as a Fund, Separate Account and Sector Controller during her 13 year tenure. Prior to that, she was an auditor at Arthur Andersen in its Technology, Media & Communications Division providing assurance services to a wide range of clients.
Ms. Flynn received a B.S. in Accounting from The State University at Albany, where she graduated magna cum laude. She is a Certified Public Accountant.
David Foley
Sr. Managing Director & Global Head of Blackstone Energy Transition Partners
Private Equity - New York
David I. Foley is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and Global Head of Blackstone Energy Transition Partners. Mr. Foley is based in New York and is responsible for overseeing Blackstone’s private equity investment activities in the energy sector on a global basis. Since joining Blackstone in 1995, Mr. Foley has been responsible for building the Blackstone energy practice and has played an integral role in every energy–related private equity deal that the firm has made. Mr. Foley actively leads our investment activities and provides guidance and support to the other BEP senior investment professionals, who each have primary responsibility for specific sectors.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Foley worked with AEA Investors, and prior to that he worked as a management consultant for Monitor Company. Mr. Foley serves as a member of the Board of Directors for several BEP investments, including Beacon Offshore Energy, Geosyntec, Kinetik, Olympus Energy and Rover. He also serves as the Chairman of the Columbia University Medical Center Ophthalmology Board of Advisors.
Mr. Foley received a B.A. and M.A. in Economics, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from Northwestern University and received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.
Colm Foley
Managing Director
Blackstone Life Sciences - Cambridge
Colm Foley is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Life Sciences business. He joined Blackstone in 2022 after 23 years at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Within the Life Sciences business, Mr. Foley is involved with investments in the medical devices, diagnostics, and life sciences tools spaces. This includes supporting companies in driving their innovation agendas through product financings, joint acquisitions, spin-outs, and structured royalty and debt financings.
During his 23 years with BCG, Mr. Foley notably contributed to building the firm’s Medical Technology sector from its nascent days into a leading global business. His leadership roles included heading the Medical Technology sector globally, as well as the Healthcare Practice in North America – spanning Med Tech, Biopharma, and Payer/Provider segments. He was named in the top 10 of Healthcare Consultants and Leaders for 2022, by The Consulting Report.
Mr. Foley received an AB in Political Science from University of Michigan and an MBA from University of Chicago.
Richard Forde
Managing Director
BXMA - Berkeley Square House London
Richard Forde is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Forde has focused on institutional client coverage and business development across the UK, Nordics and Continental Europe.
Mr. Forde received a B.A. in European & International Politics from Northumbria University.
Mike Forman
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Mike Forman is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate group where he currently focuses on investment opportunities in the digital infrastructure and retail sectors.
Since joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Forman has been involved in investments across several asset classes, including QTS Data Centers, Digital Realty, COPT, Sunset Studios, ShopCore, and the creation and eventual IPO of Invitation Homes.
Mr. Forman received a dual BA in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics from Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors, and completed the Kellogg Financial Economics program.
Anna Fritz
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Anna Fritz is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) group. She is the Head of Fund Management for BREDS and a senior member of the Real Estate Securities team, focused on operations, financing, and non-investment-related matters.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Fritz was a Manager in the Banking and Capital Markets practice at PwC where she provided audit and advisory services to various banking clients. Prior to PwC, Ms. Fritz was an Associate in KPMG’s Financial Services practice.
Ms. Fritz received an MS in Accounting and BS in Business Administration from the Keenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kaoru Fujita
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Tokyo
Kaoru Fujita is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions Group and leads Blackstone’s private wealth solutions in Japan. The mission of Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions is to bring institutional-quality products across a broad spectrum of alternative asset classes to Japanese individual investors by collaborating with Japanese financial institutions.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Fujita worked at Fidelity International in Japan, where she led a team of product strategists introducing actively-managed equity and bond funds to the Japanese market.
Ms. Fujita served as a member of the Cabinet Secretariat of Japan’s Sub-Committee on Promoting Japan as a Leading Asset Management Center in 2023. She is also a member of Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) Working Group on Capital Market Regulations in 2024.
Mrs. Fujita received a BA from Tokyo Woman's Christian University.
Barry Gallagher
Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
Barry Gallagher is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Ireland. Mr. Gallagher is involved in the analysis and evaluation of fixed income investments across multiple industries.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Gallagher worked at Harbourmaster Capital. Before that, Mr. Gallagher worked as a Chartered Accountant.
Mr. Gallagher received a BBS Lang. in Business Studies and French from Trinity College Dublin.
Vikram Garg
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Singapore
Vikram Garg is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Real Estate Asset Management Asia, based in Singapore.
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Garg was a Director with Religare’s asset management business and prior to that worked with Deutsche Bank and The Chatterjee Group on pan- India real estate investments and asset management.
Mr. Garg received a Master of Business Administration from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, is a qualified accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has received an Honours Degree in Commerce from the University of Kolkata.
Amy Garges
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New Jersey
Amy Garges is a Managing Director in the Legal and Compliance Department on the Compliance Risk Management team. Previously, she was in the Hedge Fund Solutions Group where she managed internal compliance review matters.
Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Ms. Garges worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as an Audit Manager in the Banking Capital Markets practice where she supervised audit teams, maintained client relationships, and provided accounting advisory services to financial institutional clients. Prior to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, she worked at Franklin Templeton Investments as a Tax Audit Supervisor where she managed multiple tax audits and assisted with tax planning projects.
Ms. Garges received a BA in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a Certified Public Accountant.
Brian Gavin
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Brian F. Gavin is a Senior Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2002, Mr. Gavin was a Partner in Arthur Andersen's Hedge Fund Advisory and Capital Markets group.
Mr. Gavin received a B.S. in Accounting from New York University, where he graduated summa cum laude. In addition, he serves on the Boards of The Blackstone Charitable Foundation, East Harlem Tutorial Program, East Harlem Scholars Academies, and the Partnership Fund for New York City.
Michelle Gelshteyn
Managing Director
Real Estate - Los Angeles
Michelle Gelshteyn is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group based in Los Angeles. Ms. Gelshteyn is involved with new investment opportunities across the hospitality and studio sectors, and the West Coast.
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. Gelshteyn worked as an Analyst at Madison International Realty.
Ms. Gelshteyn received a BA in Economics from Cornell University, where she graduated magna cum laude.
Brian Geraghty
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - Tennessee
Brian Geraghty is a Managing Director in Blackstone Strategic Partners. Brian focuses on the GP Stakes business and leads the platform’s Spend Management Team, working with the GPs and their underlying portfolio companies on procurement and expense reduction initiatives.
Before joining Blackstone, Brian served most recently as AVP of Business Development at CoreTrust and, prior to that, was an Equity Research Associate at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Brian received a BA in Finance from Fairfield University. He has been actively involved with the Pencil Foundation, where he most recently served as Chairman of the Board.
Claire Gerault
Managing Director
Finance - Luxembourg
Claire Gerault is a Managing Director in the European Finance team and the Conducting Officer for BEFM Valuation, Finance and Risk Management. Ms. Gerault primarily focuses on the oversight of the valuation and risk management of the Funds managed by BEFM as well as the oversight of the finance activities.
Before joining Blackstone in 2017, she was the Finance Director and Head of Office of BX Fund Services, a Blackstone company delivering value-add services to Blackstone Private Equity and Tactical Opportunities and its partners, where she worked on a variety of private equity transactions in Luxembourg. Prior to that, she worked in a variety of audit roles in France and Luxembourg, and spent 7 years at Deloitte, Luxembourg, most recently as a Senior Manager within the Private Equity and Real Estate Division.
Ms. Gerault holds a Masters in Management, Corporate Finance, from the SKEMA Business School (France) and the Accounting & Auditing Certificate (Reviseur d’Entreprise) from the University of Luxembourg.
Barry Gertz
Managing Director
Blackstone Life Sciences - Cambridge
Barry Gertz is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Life Sciences group, having joined Blackstone as part of its acquisition of Clarus in December of 2018.
Dr. Gertz joined Clarus in October 2014 from Merck (NYSE: MRK) where he was Senior Vice President and Head of Global Clinical Development, overseeing all aspects of Merck’s clinical research. He brings 28 years of experience in drug development, from exploratory clinical pharmacology to global phase 3 trials. While at Merck, Dr. Gertz was instrumental in the development and approval of more than 25 new drugs and vaccines, including the blockbuster products Fosamax and Januvia as well as the initial indication for Keytruda. Dr. Gertz has co-authored over a hundred scientific publications appearing in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Gertz currently is a member of the Advisory Boards of Abide Therapeutics, EMD Serono, the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Gertz received an MD, PhD and BA from the University of Pennsylvania.
Susan Givens
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Susan Givens is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, where she currently focuses on Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT). Ms. Givens previously led asset management for Blackstone’s US student housing investments and other residential investments in Blackstone’s portfolio.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Givens was the Chief Executive Officer of New Senior Investment Group Inc. (NYSE: SNR), a publicly traded healthcare REIT, from the company’s inception through its separation from Fortress Investment Group and through its sale to Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) in 2021. Prior to New Senior, Ms. Givens was a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group at Fortress, where she spent more than 13 years. While at Fortress, she was responsible for various real estate, healthcare, financial services, and infrastructure investments and oversaw equity capital markets transactions. Ms. Givens began her career in Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank.
Ms. Givens received a BA from Middlebury College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mark Glengarry
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Sydney
Mark Glengarry is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of APAC for Private Credit Strategies in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Sydney. Mr. Glengarry handles the origination, execution and management of credit investments across the capital structure in the region.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Glengarry worked at Anchorage Capital Group for seven years as a Managing Director in both London and Sydney where he worked across all aspects of origination, execution and portfolio company management. Prior to Anchorage, Mr. Glengarry worked at Morgan Stanley in London as Head of Restructuring and Debt Advisory for EMEA. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Glengarry was a partner in the Banking and Finance Group at White & Case LLP in London.
Mr. Glengarry received a B.Com (Economics and Business Administration) and an LLB (First Class Honours) from the University of Canterbury.
Devin Glenn
Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Devin Glenn is the Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Blackstone.
She joined the firm from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where she was the Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In that role, she advanced and increased awareness of the firm’s global diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, executed recruiting, retention, and client development initiatives, and launched an industry-leading diversity pipeline program for high-potential first-year law students. Prior to that, she held various positions related to diversity and inclusion at the law firm, as well as working as an associate in its banking and institutional investing division.
She received a BA from the University of Virginia and a JD from Columbia Law School. She is a member of the New York State Bar.
Kenny Glennon
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Kenny Glennon is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Glennon was a Managing Director at CAM Capital where he focused on external fund/manager selection, public/private equity investments and venture capital. Prior to joining CAM, Mr. Glennon was an analyst at The Raine Group LLC, a boutique merchant bank focusing on the technology, sports, media, and telecom sectors. While at Raine, Mr. Glennon worked on a variety of principal and advisory assignments and growth equity investments.
Mr. Glennon graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he received a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Legal Studies & Business Ethics. In addition, Mr. Glennon is a CFA charterholder.
Madalena Godinho Ramos
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Madalena Godinho Ramos is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. She is focused on the origination, analysis and management of investments across the capital structure, with a focus on the European technology sector and the UK region.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Godinho Ramos worked in the Investment Banking division for Morgan Stanley and for McKinsey & Company.
Ms. Godinho Ramos received a BSc in Economics from NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal, and a MSc in Finance from Imperial College, UK.
Sid Goel
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Sid Goel is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2010. Mr. Goel focuses on Strategic Partners’ direct equity co-investment activities and is an advisory board member of multiple funds. Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Goel attended the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University where he graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Accounting.
Ambika Goel
Managing Director
Real Estate - Singapore
Ambika Goel is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in Singapore. Ms. Goel is involved in Blackstone Real Estate’s capital raising, investor relations and business development across Asia.
Before joining Blackstone in 2020, Ms. Goel spent nine years at GLP focusing on fund management, investor relations and capital markets. Prior to that, she was a Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder of Land & Buildings – a real estate hedge fund based in Greenwich, CT. Ms. Goel began her career in New York at Citigroup Investment Research and was ranked #1 Retail REIT Analyst by the Greenwich Survey in 2007.
Ms. Goel received a BS in Economics with a double concentration in Finance and Accounting from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA Charterholder.
Sumedha Goenka
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Sumedha Goenka is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based on London. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Ms. Goenka has been involved in various investments in Europe including OfficeFirst, HI Partners and Mileway.
Ms. Goenka received an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and a BA (Hons) in Mathematics from St Stephens College Delhi.
David Goldberg
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
David Goldberg is a Managing Director with Blackstone in the Global Fund Finance group where he oversees the accounting, financial reporting and fund administration for Blackstone’s credit, liquid and insurance funds.
Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Mr. Goldberg was an AVP at Lehman Brothers in the Real Estate Private Equity Group overseeing two real estate mezzanine funds. Prior to that Mr. Goldberg worked as a manager in the joint venture group at New Plan Excel Realty Trust. Mr. Goldberg began his career in the financial services group at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mr. Goldberg received a BA from Queens College, City University of New York, where he graduated with Cum Laude, with a major in Accounting and Information Systems and a minor in Economics. He is a license Certified Public Accountant.
Fran Golden
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Fran Golden is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions group and Head of the Product Specialist Group.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Golden worked at Legg Mason, where he was responsible for sales and client service for Legg Mason’s equity, fixed income and alternative portfolios.
Mr. Golden earned his MBA from the Widener University where he also holds a BS in Business Management.
Mitchell Golden
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Mitch Golden is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA). Mr. Golden focuses on portfolio development, manager selection and evaluation, and ongoing monitoring for global hedge fund equity strategies.
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Golden was the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Kyndle Capital, a multi-family office. Prior to starting Kyndle, Mr. Golden was the Portfolio Manager of Greenlight Masters, a multi-manager fund affiliate of Greenlight Capital where he managed a portfolio of hedge fund, SPV, and direct investments. Mr. Golden held portfolio management and investment research roles at Senator Investment Group, Motu Capital and RH Capital.
Mr. Golden received a BA with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University and earned an MBA with Honors from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Golden serves on the Family Circle committee of the Robin Hood Foundation, the advisory council of Human Development Services of Westchester and on the advisory board of the Abaarso School of Science and Technology.
Kevin Goldman
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Kevin Goldman is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group, and he currently focuses on new investment opportunities across a variety of sectors in the US.
Previously, Mr. Goldman worked in the Real Estate Debt Strategies Group, where he was involved in originating, acquiring and structuring debt investments across all asset types in both the US and Europe.
Mr. Goldman graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University, where he received a BA in Economics.
Ana Gonzalez-Iglesias
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Ana Gonzalez-Iglesias is a Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Markets in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS"), based in London. Ms. Gonzalez-Iglesias is responsible for overseeing financing strategy and execution across vehicles in the US, Europe and Australia.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Gonzalez-Iglesias was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley focusing primarily on commercial real estate loan originations. Prior to that, she focused on Debt Capital Markets transactions across sectors.
Ms. Gonzalez-Iglesias received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from CUNEF (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros).
Robin Goodman
Sr. Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Robin is Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for Blackstone’s Portfolio Operations team, based in New York. Robin also leads Asset Management for Blackstone’s Private Equity businesses, and previously led Asset Management for Blackstone's European private equity investments.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Goodman spent 12 years in GE Renewable Energy and Alstom Power where he was most recently Interim CEO for the Onshore Wind business in Europe and Africa and General Manager for Wind Services in Europe and Africa. Prior to joining GE/Alstom, Mr. Goodman worked for Mars & Co and Citigroup.
Mr. Goodman received a BA in Mathematics and Economics, cum laude, from Kenyon College.
Natasha Gopaul
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Natasha Gopaul is a Senior Managing Director in the Chief Legal Office and General Counsel of Private Equity.
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. Gopaul worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in the Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions group in New York. Prior to that, she worked at an international auction house and a research and policy institute at Princeton University.
Ms. Gopaul received a BA, summa cum laude, from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a member of the Georgetown Journal of International Law. She is also a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She currently serves on the board of Sphera.
Nicholas Gopnik-Lewinski
Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Nicholas Gopnik-Lewinski is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. Mr. Gopnik-Lewinski is involved with credit research.
Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Gopnik-Lewinski worked in strategy development, credit analytics and performance decomposition at DCI.
Mr. Gopnik-Lewinski received a M.S. in Financial Mathematics from the University of York and a BS in Mathematics and Philosophy from McGill University.
David Gorleku
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
David Gorleku is a Managing Director and Head of Europe Originations in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Private Investments team, based in London. Mr. Gorleku is involved in sourcing, underwriting, negotiating and structuring debt investments across all asset types throughout Europe.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Gorleku was a Principal at London-based Actis Capital in the real estate private equity group. Prior to that, Mr. Gorleku worked at TPG Real Estate Finance and at Goldman Sachs in New York where he focused on real estate debt and equity investments across the United States.
Mr. Gorleku received a BA from Williams College in Massachusetts and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Wataru Goto
Managing Director
Real Estate - Tokyo
Wataru Goto is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is based in Tokyo. Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Goto has been involved in evaluating real estate investments in various property types and managing investments in Japan.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Goto was an Associate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Real Estate Private Equity group, where he was involved in acquisition, restructuring and portfolio management.
Mr. Goto received bachelor from Aoyama University.
Yan Gu
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Yan Gu is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Yan was head of quant research and member of the management committee of Stone Ridge Asset Management. Prior to joining Stone Ridge, Yan was head of research of quant equity at Magnetar Capital. Yan also worked as a quant researcher at Citadel and Lehman Brothers.
Yan received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from UPenn, an M.S. from Stanford and B.S. from Fudan University in China.
Shirley Gu
Managing Director
Real Estate - Hong Kong
Ms. Shirley Gu is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in Hong Kong. Ms. Gu joined Blackstone in our New York office as Analyst in 2013 after graduating from Cornell University. After returning to Asia, Ms. Gu has focused on acquiring real estate investments in Greater China and Japan.
Anna Guerin
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Anna Guerin is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Legal and Compliance Group and is the Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions business. Her previous roles at Blackstone included covering the Insurance Solutions, Strategic Partners and Treasury Solutions businesses from a compliance perspective.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Guerin was the Compliance Officer for New Mountain Capital’s private equity funds. From 2004 to 2013, Ms. Guerin worked at Advent International Corporation in Boston, where she held a number of different Compliance roles. Ms. Guerin began her career working in Compliance at Sovereign Bank.
Ms. Guerin received a BA in Psychology from Hamilton College and an MBA from Boston University.
Jan-Michael Guerra
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Jan-Michael Guerra is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) on the Public Investments team, based in New York. Mr. Guerra focuses on investments in RMBS, residential whole loans, and other real estate-related securities.
Mr. Guerra joined Blackstone in 2022 within the Asset Based Finance group, focusing on investments in RMBS, ABS, whole loans, and other real estate-related securities.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Guerra worked at GoldenTree Asset Management where he was responsible for structured product investments, focusing on asset backed, residential, CRE, and esoteric structured product transactions. Prior to that, Mr. Guerra was at Goldman Sachs where he was a trader on the RMBS and ABS credit desk.
Mr. Guerra holds a BA in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he graduated with Honors.
Benji Guilford
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Benji Guilford is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Guilford is involved in sourcing, evaluating, and executing investment opportunities in the technology sector.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Guilford was a senior member of the software and technology investment team at Golub Capital. During his twelve-year tenure at Golub Capital, Mr. Guilford was responsible for originating, evaluating, and executing software and technology investments. Mr. Guilford also assisted with launching Golub Capital’s growth-stage technology investing platform and one of Golub Capital’s opportunistic credit funds. Prior to Golub Capital, Mr. Guilford worked in the Merchant Banking Group of the Chart Group, where he advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, as well as both debt and equity financings.
Mr. Guilford received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Accounting from Elon University.
Tushar Gupta
Managing Director
Private Equity - San Francisco
Tushar Gupta is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in San Francisco, focusing on investments in Technology.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Gupta worked in private equity at Permira and Golden Gate Capital. Earlier in his career, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Gupta holds a BSE in Computer Science, magna cum laude, from Princeton University as well as an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Bridget Hagan
Managing Director
BXCI - DC
Bridget Hagan is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in DC and leads the insurance regulatory function.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Hagan was a founding partner at Mindset, an advocacy and advisory firm where she led the insurance practice group. She also served as Chair of the Federal Reserve’s Insurance Policy Advisory Committee. Ms. Hagan previously served as the head of federal government relations and counsel for Nationwide Insurance and worked as a policy analyst at the American Academy of Actuaries. She started her career working as a congressional aide to former state insurance commissioner and U.S. House member Earl Pomeroy.
Ms. Hagan holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a BA from Harvard.
Florian Hager
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Florian Hager is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. He leads Asset Management for the EMEA and APAC regions. Prior to his current role, Mr. Hager was involved in the origination, execution, and management of investments across the capital structure. Before joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Hager was a member of Blackstone’s Restructuring & Reorganization Group where he worked with debtors and creditors on in-court and out-of-court restructurings.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Hager worked in the Investment Banking divisions of Lehman Brothers and Nomura in London.
Mr. Hager is, or has been, on the boards of several public and private companies including Advanz Pharma (fka Concordia Healthcare), Ainscough Crane Hire, Consolis, Davies Group, KP1, Lamda Development, and Luminator Technology Group, either as a Director or Observer.
Mr. Hager graduated from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and holds an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Ilan Halal
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Ilan Halal is a Managing Director and co-leads the Global Fund Finance group where he oversees the accounting, financial reporting and fund administration for Blackstone’s drawdown products including Private Equity, Tactical Opportunities, Strategic Partners, Strategic Capital Holdings and Total Alternatives Solutions Funds.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Halal was the Private Equity Controller at Black Diamond Capital Management, LLC a Greenwich, CT based alternative asset management firm. At Black Diamond, Mr. Halal was primarily involved in fund management, administration and financial reporting for its private equity funds as well as financial reporting for the management company. Prior to that, Mr. Halal held various positions at JP Morgan Partners within the respective finance and accounting teams. Mr. Halal began his career at Ernst & Young LLP serving as a Senior Associate in the audit practice.
Mr. Halal received a BS in Accounting from Binghamton University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Justin Hall
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Justin Hall is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Business Services for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Hall has been with Blackstone since 2007, focused on originating, structuring, and managing credit investments.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Hall worked in the Leveraged Finance Group at Merrill Lynch in New York.
Mr. Hall graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Information Science.
Monty Hall
Managing Director
Enterprise Technology
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Monty Hall is a Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Data, Cloud & Developer Experience within the Technology and Innovations group at Blackstone. He is responsible for operating secure and reliable data and cloud platforms, delivering high quality and timely data and ensuring that Blackstone’s development teams have the capabilities necessary to build and run scalable products. In addition, Mr. Hall oversees the firm's artificial intelligence engineering efforts, building patterns and tooling to enhance developer productivity and experience. He is also involved in the firm’s balance sheet investments in targeted, early stage, technology-related opportunities.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Hall served as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Hutchin Hill Capital, overseeing all aspects of the technology platform for the multi-strategy fund manager. Prior to joining Hutchin Hill, he worked as the Director of Technology for Capstone Investment Advisors, leading a team responsible for network, server & storage architecture, database management, application development and support, cybersecurity and vendor management. Prior to Capstone, he worked at Goldman Sachs managing Internet Operations and Security as well as managing projects for their Investment Banking Division.
Mr. Hall graduated with a BA in Finance from Franklin and Marshall College.
Jonathan Halliwell
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - Sydney
Jonathan Halliwell is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Halliwell held the position of Counsel at the law firm Clifford Chance, where he focused on private equity and cross-border M&A transactions. Mr. Halliwell has worked in Sydney, London and Hong Kong.
Mr. Halliwell received a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and is admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia.
Andrew Hamada
Managing Director
BXMA - Tokyo
Andrew Hamada is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Hamada worked at Morgan Stanley, where he oversaw the Alternative Investment Group’s investment products, lead the manager due diligence process and was also a member of the Principal Investment Committee. Mr. Hamada was also responsible for the firm's largest relationships with Japanese financial institutions, pension plans, and pension consultants. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hamada worked at Legg Mason’s Quantitative Analysis Group as a research consultant and was a research assistant at the Biostatistics Laboratory at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute.
Mr. Hamada graduated from Johns Hopkins University where he completed a B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics/pre-medicine.
Shehreyar Hameed
Managing Director
ICS - Berkeley Square House London
Shehreyar Hameed is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Hameed was Managing Director in J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Sovereign Group covering institutions in the Middle East. Prior to this he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs International’s Fixed Income Currency & Commodities Division focused on alternatives fundraising from clients in the Middle East. Mr. Hameed started his career at ABN AMRO Bank in Asia where he worked in various departments including structured finance, syndications and asset securitization.
Mr. Hameed received a B.A. in Economics from Bard College and an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Asim Hamid
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Asim Hamid is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, and he currently focuses on new investment opportunities in the multifamily sector. Since joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Hamid has been involved in the acquisition of over 60,000 multifamily units.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Hamid was a Managing Director at The Praedium Group and involved in acquisitions on the west coast. Mr. Hamid received a BS in Finance and Accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Jonathan Hamilton
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Jonathan Hamilton is a Managing Director in Blackstone Strategic Partners. Mr. Hamilton is dedicated to Blackstone GP Stakes, focusing on the acquisition of minority ownership interests in private market alternative asset management firms.
Previously, Mr. Hamilton was a Principal in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group, where he focused on investments in the energy sector. Before joining Blackstone in 2014, he began his career as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Hamilton received a BBA in Finance from Baylor University where he graduated magna cum laude.
Daniel Hanna
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Daniel I. Hanna is a Managing Director in the Global Tax Planning Group, focused on supporting Portfolio Company Tax Planning as well BXMA and Strategic Partners.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Hanna was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan, where he acted as senior tax counsel to J.P. Morgan’s U.S. asset and wealth management business. Mr. Hanna was previously an Associate in the Tax group at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where he represented clients on a broad range of domestic and cross-border tax matters.
Mr. Hanna received a JD and LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law, where he was a Robert McKay Scholar.
Rob Harper
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Rob Harper is the President of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust and Head of Real Estate Asset Management Americas. Since joining Blackstone in 2002, Mr. Harper has been involved in analyzing Blackstone’s real estate equity and debt investments in all property types. Mr. Harper has previously worked for Blackstone in Los Angeles and London, where he served as Head of Europe for the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies business. Mr. Harper currently serves as a board member for the World Monuments Fund and the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation Board at the University of Virginia. His prior board memberships include Invitation Homes, Park Hotels & Resorts and Extended Stay America.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Harper worked for Morgan Stanley’s real estate private equity group in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Mr. Harper received a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
Britta Harper
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Britta Harper is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London, where she focuses on investment opportunities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Harper was a Partner at Orion Capital Managers where she focused on the acquisition, financing and asset management of real estate across Europe for 13 years. Prior to that, Ms. Harper worked in both the Global Real Estate and Foreign Exchange groups at Lehman Brothers.
Ms. Harper received an MPhil. in Economics with Finance from the University of Cambridge and a BSc. in Economics from the University of Surrey.
Christine Harrington
Managing Director
Executive Offices - New York
Christine Harrington is a Managing Director in the Strategic Relationships group. Ms. Harrington focuses on developing and deepening relationships with private equity firms and M&A advisory firms, as well as originating investments across a diverse range of industries. Prior to joining Blackstone’s Strategic Relationships team in 2024, Ms. Harrington worked in Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) as a Managing Director in the Private Origination investment team, where she was focused on originating and executing credit investments.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Ms. Harrington worked at Apollo Global Management as a Managing Director and a member of the firm’s Direct Origination’s investment team. She was actively involved in sourcing credit opportunities for the Apollo platform, as well as underwriting investments. Prior to joining Apollo in 2007, Ms. Harrington worked in Leveraged Finance Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch.
Ms. Harrington received a BA in International Studies and Spanish from Fairfield University. She serves on the non-profit board for the Sandy Hook Foundation.
Craig Harris
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Houston
Craig Harris is a Senior Managing Director in the Sustainable Resources Group for Blackstone Credit.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Harris was the CEO of 3Bear Energy, a Blackstone portfolio company. Prior to 3Bear, Mr. Harris was the COO of Enable Midstream Partners responsible for all operational and commercial activity of the company. Mr. Harris has been in the energy industry over 30 years, working in engineering, business development, corporate development and energy transition. Mr. Harris also previously worked at El Paso Corporation, Columbia Pipeline Group and was a Managing Director at Alinda Capital Partners.
Mr. Harris received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
Paul Harrison
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Paul Harrison is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. Mr. Harrison is involved in investment strategy and the assessment of credit risk of Corporate Bond Strategies’ (BCBS) portfolios.
Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Harrison was the Chief Investment Officer for DCI. Prior to that Mr. Harrison was a Managing Director at BlackRock, Inc., a position he formerly held at Barclays Global Investors before its acquisition by Blackrock in 2009. At Blackrock, he served as the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research for the firm’s systematic Global Macro team and held a variety of firm-wide leadership roles. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Harrison ran the Capital Markets research team at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where he helped lead the analysis and communication of market and financial conditions to the Board.
Mr. Harrison received a PhD and MA from Duke University and BA from Swarthmore College.
Sam Harrop
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Sam Harrop is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. He is focused on partnering with financial institutions to deliver funding solutions for sponsor backed transactions across Europe.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Sam spent 8 years at AIG/Corebridge, where he built the mid-market leveraged finance team. Earlier in his career, Sam spent several years working in a variety of sponsor finance, corporate lending and real estate roles at Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland.
Sam graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a BA (Hons) in Financial Services.
Ron Hartman
Managing Director
Enterprise Operations - Miami
Ron Hartman is a Managing Director and Head of Global Procurement.
Before joining Blackstone in 2009, Mr. Hartman worked at Credit Suisse where he held a variety of finance and operational roles over the course of eleven years, and most recently, he was the Director of Expense Management for Investment Banking Technology. Prior to Credit Suisse, he held finance, planning and consulting positions with Think New Ideas, McGraw Hill and The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.
Mr. Hartman received his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, with honors, from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School.
Jeffrey Hartmann
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Denver
Jeffrey Hartmann is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions Group. Mr. Hartmann is a member of the U.S. Sales Leadership Team where he leads the Western Division of Independent Wealth Management. Mr. Hartmann also works directly with wealth management clients throughout Colorado, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Nevada.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Hartmann worked for CNL Securities focusing on real estate and private credit. Prior to that, he spent 12 years at Deutsche Bank in capital raising and management roles.
Mr. Hartmann received a BA in International Business from Illinois State University and an MBA from DePaul University.
Vincent Haupt
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Vince Haupt is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Haupt was a consulting actuary at Milliman Advisors where he specialized in M&A advisory and insurance risk management.
Mr. Haupt has an MBA from the University of Chicago, is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
Simon Hayden
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Simon Hayden is the European Head of the Sustainable Resources Group within Blackstone Credit. He is based in London.
Before joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Hayden was a Managing Director at EIG where he spent over 12 years working on private investments in the renewable energy sector. Before EIG, he worked at Citi advising and arranging international project financings in infrastructure and energy.
Mr. Hayden received an M.A. in Geography from Oxford University and an M.Phil. in Economics from Cambridge University.
Megan Hayes
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Megan Hayes is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone’s Technology and Innovations group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Ms. Hayes worked at Capital One, where she held several roles across the firm’s technology group and most recently led the engineering delivery for Capital One’s New to Credit and Subprime Credit Card businesses. Prior to Capital One, she worked at Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and UBS in various areas including Digital, Data and Product.
Ms. Hayes received a BA in Physics from New York University and a BE in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Christopher Heady
Sr. Managing Director & Head of Real Estate Asia
Real Estate - Hong Kong
Christopher Heady is the Chairman of Asia Pacific and the Head of Real Estate Asia. Mr. Heady is based in Hong Kong and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Real Estate group’s investment activities and personnel in Asia.
Mr. Heady joined Blackstone in 2000 and has been involved in a variety of real estate acquisitions and initiatives in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Heady was with Morgan Stanley in London and New York, where he was involved in real estate private equity. Mr. Heady received a AB in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, where he graduated with honors.
Michael Henry
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Michael Henry is a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Americas in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS”), based in New York.
Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Henry has been involved in originating, underwriting, structuring and asset managing real estate debt investments across various asset types and geographies.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Henry was an Associate at Five Mile Capital Partners on the investments team handling the evaluation and execution of a variety of debt and equity transactions. Prior to Five Mile, Mr. Henry was an Analyst in Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance group.
Mr. Henry received a BA in Economics from Boston College.
Adam Hermida
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Adam Hermida is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Hermida helps lead Advisor Coverage for BXCI, overseeing key relationships and originating investment opportunities across various BXCI strategies.
Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Hermida worked as an analyst at Moelis & Company and also as part of the Recapitalization and Restructuring Group at Jefferies & Company.
Mr. Hermida received a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia.
Matthew Higbee
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Matthew Higbee is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Higbee worked at KKR. Mr. Higbee started his career at Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Higbee received a B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Bristol and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Alexandra Hill
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - New York
Alexandra Hill is the Head of Institutional Business Development Americas, focused on client engagement and ensuring enterprise level cross-firm connectivity across Blackstone’s North American clients.
Prior to her current role, Ms. Hill was Head of Real Estate Business Development Americas, based in New York. Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Hill has spent her time working with Blackstone’s private investment funds.
Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Ms. Hill was Vice President of Investor Relations at Colony Capital, a real estate investment manager. Prior to joining Colony, Ms. Hill worked at the law firm of Clifford Chance as a member of the corporate mergers and acquisition department.
Ms. Hill received a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a JD with honors from the George Washington University School of Law.
Todd Hirsch
Sr. Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
Todd Hirsch is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group. He has led a number of TacOpp’s current and past investments including Aqua Financial, InComm Payments, North American Bancard, PayPal Credit, Global Supply Chain Finance, Peridot Payments, BTIG, CF SPAC, Acrisure, Draken, Amergint Technologies, Danbury Mission Technologies, Bridger Aerospace, Van Metre Homebuilders, Hudson Structured Capital Management, YES Networks, ZO Skin Health, Valkyrie Aviation, GeoComply Solutions, Certified Collectibles Group, DECA Dental, LifeScience Logistics, Recurrent Ventures, Maxar Technologies, and HUB International.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Hirsch was a Managing Director and Head of Credit Structuring at Deutsche Bank where he sourced and structured transactions for a wide range of corporate and institutional clients across multiple products including credit opportunities, asset finance, specialty finance, commercial real estate, bank and non-bank financial institutions, ABS and CLOs. Prior to DB, Mr. Hirsch was responsible for making and managing private equity investments in middle market companies as a Vice President at Littlejohn & Co. LLC. Mr. Hirsch was a senior executive at several middle market companies that were sold to private equity firms prior to joining Littlejohn.
He started his career at Schroder Wertheim & Co. as an analyst after graduating magna cum laude from Duke University.
Clarke Hitch
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Clarke Hitch is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS"), on the Strategy & Management team, based in New York. Mr. Hitch leads investment strategy and new initiatives across institutional vehicles including the BREDS Drawdown Funds and Institutional SMAs.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Hitch worked at Morgan Stanley in the Commercial Real Estate Lending Group.
Mr. Hitch graduated from Duke University with an AB in Public Policy.
Kate Hoey
Managing Director & CAO
Private Equity - New York
Kate Hoey is a Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer in the Private Equity group, and she is involved in resource allocation, recruiting and training, career development, performance reviews, compensation, strategic planning and other administrative aspects of the group’s activities. Ms. Hoey has held a variety of roles since joining the firm in 2009, initially working on the Corporate Finance team and more recently on Private Equity’s Financial Planning and Analysis team.
Before joining Blackstone in 2009, Ms. Hoey spent 3 years at Merrill Lynch focused on corporate planning and analysis for the Global Markets & Investment Banking division.
Ms. Hoey received a BS in Finance from Fairfield University.
Kathleen Hogan
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Kathleen Hogan is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Internal Auditor at Blackstone. In this role, she leads the global internal audit practice and Sarbanes-Oxley program to support the strategic objectives of the organization. Ms. Hogan reports directly to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Prior to this role, Ms. Hogan was the Head of Operations in the Hedge Fund Solutions group, providing strategic leadership and oversight for the middle office, fund accounting, financial reporting, third party risk management, management reporting and process re-engineering initiatives.
Before joining Blackstone in 1999, Ms. Hogan worked as an auditor at Deloitte, specializing in the financial services industry.
Ms. Hogan graduated from Pace University with a BBA in Public Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Ida Hoghooghi
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Ida Hoghooghi is Chief Operating Officer and Co-Head of Insurance for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Ms. Hoghooghi joined Blackstone in March 2022 after over 16 years at Goldman Sachs, where most recently she served as Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO and Secretary to the Management Committee. She also held leadership roles in investor relations, corporate communications and legal. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Ms. Hoghooghi was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
Ms. Hoghooghi received a BA from Duke University and a JD from Harvard Law School. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sanctuary for Families.
George Holding
Managing Director
Government Relations - DC
George Holding is a Managing Director and European Head of Government Relations for Blackstone, based in London.
As a former Member of Congress, United States Attorney, counsel to a United States Senator, federal judge’s clerk and lawyer at a top 100 firm, he has handled a wide variety of issues on tax, trade, healthcare, foreign affairs, national security and intellectual property.
In the United States House of Representatives, Mr. Holding was Chairman of the British American Parliamentary Group (BAPG), the U.K. Caucus and the India Caucus. He served as a Member of the Ways and Means Committee, Judiciary Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Budget Committee and Ethics Committee. He has participated in the World Economic Forum, the European Parliament Transatlantic Dialogue and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Mr. Holding has degrees in classical studies and law from Wake Forest University and attended The Groton School.
Justin Holtzman
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Justin Holtzman is a Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate where he is focused on the asset management of investments in the hospitality, self-storage and office sectors.
Previously, he was a Senior Vice President at The Related Companies in New York where he led the acquisition and development of residential, hotel and commercial projects, including 35 Hudson Yards, a 1.1 million square foot mixed-use development. Prior to Related, Justin was an Associate in the New York office of Lubert-Adler Partners, where he was responsible for evaluating and executing hotel, office, residential, retail and corporate buyout investments, and an Analyst with Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate, Gaming, Leisure & Lodging Investment Banking Group in New York.
Mr. Holtzman received a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College.
Haide Hong
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - Shanghai
Haide Hong is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Hong has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Bourne Leisure, Cirsa, NEC, Clarion Events, Intertrust, Merlin/LEGOLAND and Scout24 and he serves as director of Bourne Leisure, Cirsa, NEC and Clarion Events.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Hong was a Vice President at Providence Equity, where he was involved with the analysis and execution of private equity investments in the telecom, media, technology and education sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Hong was an Associate at Lehman Brothers, where he worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions division.
Mr. Hong received a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
Robert Horn
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Rob Horn is the Global Head of Infrastructure and Asset Based Credit in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI), which comprises the firm’s activities in infrastructure credit, energy transition, and asset-based finance.
Mr. Horn joined Blackstone in 2005. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Horn worked in Credit Suisse’s Global Energy Group, where he advised on high yield financings and merger and acquisition assignments for companies in the power and utilities sector.
Mr. Horn received a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University, where he graduated with academic honors. Mr. Horn serves on the board of directors for various companies in the energy transition sector, including Altus Power, ClearGen, and M6 Midstream.
Brooke Horowitz
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Brooke Horowitz is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2018, Ms. Horowitz was a Manager in PwC’s Advisory Asset Management practice. She specialized in target operating model design and implementation for asset managers and asset owners.
Ms. Horowitz received a B.S.B.A. in Accounting and German from Bucknell University, where she graduated with distinction.
Alex Horowitz
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Alex Horowitz is a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone’s Asset Based Credit (“ABC”) group in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Previously, Mr. Horowitz was Head of Financing for BXMA and was responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and structuring financing solutions.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Horowitz was the Treasurer of Capstone Investment Advisors where he was focused on global financing and counterparty management.
Mr. Horowitz received a BS in Finance from The George Washington University School of Business.
Michael Hovey
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Michael Hovey is a Senior Managing Director and is Head of Insurance Acquisitions and Partnerships for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in early 2021, Mr. Hovey worked in the investment banking industry for 23 years, the last 17 of which were at Morgan Stanley, where he was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Insurance Investment Banking for North America. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2004, Mr. Hovey was a Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group, Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Hovey received a BS from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he graduated summa cum laude.
Tabea Hsi
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Tabea Hsi is a Senior Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel of Blackstone. She is also Chief Operating Officer of the Legal & Compliance group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Ms. Hsi practiced securities law at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Prior to that, she worked in higher education and in the non-profit sector in Germany.
Ms. Hsi received a BA from the University of Virginia, an M.S.Ed. in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the Law Review.
Ed Huang
Sr. Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Hong Kong
Ed Huang is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific (APAC) for Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group based in Hong Kong.
Mr. Huang joined Blackstone in 2012, and Private Wealth Solutions in 2024. Prior to his current role, Mr. Huang was COO of Asia Private Equity, Head of BCP Asia Acquisitions, and led Greater China and Korea for Blackstone’s Private Equity Group. Mr. Huang has led or been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Ennovi/Interplex, Geo-Young, SHP Packaging, Global Sources, Pactera, and Simone.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Huang was previously a Managing Director for China investments at Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia and worked in investment banking for Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch in New York and Hong Kong.
Mr. Huang received a B.A. from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Huang serves as a director on the boards of Ennovi/Interplex, Geo-Young and SHP Packaging. He is also director on the boards of the China and Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Associations, and member of the Yale Asia Development Council.
Hilary Hung
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - Hong Kong
Hilary Hung is a Senior Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions Group. She is based in Hong Kong. Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Hung has been involved in raising capital for Blackstone's private investment funds. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. Hung worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong in the Investment Banking Division. Ms. Hung received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School and a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas Iannarone
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Thomas Iannarone is a Senior Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer for Liquid Credit Strategies in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Previously, Mr. Iannarone was associate general counsel at Blackstone responsible for new business initiatives, daily trading and transaction activities and general legal and compliance matters.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Iannarone worked at Morrison & Foerster in its corporate transaction group. Prior to that, he worked at Bingham McCutchen in its private equity and corporate practice groups.
Mr. Iannarone received a BA from Siena College and a JD from Villanova University School of Law.
Ken Iio
Managing Director
Tokyo-Regional Management - Tokyo
Ken Iio is a Managing Director for The Blackstone Group Japan K.K..
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Iio worked at Morgan Stanley Investment Management in Tokyo, where he was a Senior Advisor and a Management Director & Head of the Institutional Sales Division. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2012, he spent 5 years with Allianz Global Investors, 7 years with Fidelity Investments Japan, and 16 years with the Bank of Tokyo.
Mr. Iio received a bachelor’s degree in Law from University of Tokyo.
Kenneth Ijomah
Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
Kenneth Ijomah Robinson is a Managing Directo in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Ireland. Mr. Robinson is involved with the ongoing analysis and evaluation of primary and secondary fixed income investments.
Mr. Robinson joined Blackstone during the acquisition of Harbourmaster Capital Management Limited in 2012. Prior to that, Mr.Robinson spent five years working as a credit analyst with Harbourmaster Capital Management. Prior to working at Harbourmaster, Mr. Robinson worked as a proprietary trader for Reminiscence Ltd with an equity focus on the New York and London stock exchanges.
Mr. Robinson received a BS in Physics and French from Dublin City University.
Ek Indharameesup
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Ek Indharameesup is a Managing Director with GSO Capital Partners. Since joining GSO Capital in 2006, Mr. Indharameesup has been involved in the design, development, and support for all internal applications used by the management, operations, risk, legal, and accounting teams. Before joining GSO, Mr. Indharameesup was a Vice President in the Information Technology Group at Credit Suisse responsible for various development projects for the Alternative Capital Division and the Product Control group. Prior to that, he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in Zurich as a development project manager for the Financial Reporting and Accounting Policy group. Before moving to Europe, Mr. Indharameesup was a senior developer responsible for the implementation of several management and regulatory reporting systems at CSFB in New York. Mr. Indharameesup received a BS in Computer Science from Columbia University and an MA in Economics from New York University.
Ryan Ingle
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Ryan Ingle is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Ingle has been involved in analyzing and managing real estate investments across several property sectors. Mr. Ingle currently leads asset management for various residential investments and Blackstone’s U.S. and Canadian industrial portfolios, Link Logistics and Pure Industrial, which together span more than 500 million square feet. Mr. Ingle has been involved in other notable investments including BioMed, IndCor, Motel 6, La Quinta and Extended Stay.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Ingle worked in Citi's real estate investment banking group.
Mr. Ingle received a BS in Finance and a BA in Spanish from the University of Kansas where he graduated with highest distinction. He previously served on the board of directors of Carrix.
Tom Jack
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Tom Jack is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Jack has been involved in analyzing real estate investments in several property sectors and has worked on a variety of transactions, including the acquisition AIG’s affordable housing assets, the Cornerstone affordable housing portfolio, Extended Stay America, and Great Wolf Resorts.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Jack was a Vice President at Colony Capital where he worked on a variety of real estate transactions across the United States. Mr. Jack began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging investment banking group.
Mr. Jack received a BS from the McIntire School at the University of Virginia, where he graduated with distinction.
Jonathan Jacoby
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York 601 Lex
Jonathan A. Jacoby is a Managing Director and Head of Finance for Strategic Partners, having joined in 2020.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Jacoby was an Executive Director at GCM Grosvenor, where he was responsible for managing investment operations and shared responsibility for managing fund finance for the firm’s private equity, real estate and infrastructure investments. Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, Mr. Jacoby was the Chief Financial Officer of Credit Suisse’s Customized Fund Investment Group. Mr. Jacoby previously worked as an auditor at KPMG LLP and Arthur Andersen, where he focused on auditing mutual and private equity funds.
Mr. Jacoby received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Delaware and an MBA from Fordham University.
Max Jaffe
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Max Jaffe is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Jaffe was a Senior Analyst at The Solaris Group where he focused on building custom portfolios for private clients. Prior to The Solaris Group, Mr. Jaffe was an Associate at Ziff Brothers Investments where he worked in the Risk and Performance group.
Mr. Jaffe received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Montana. In addition, he serves on the Board of Puppies Behind Bars.
Ram Jagannath
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Ram Jagannath is the Global Head of Healthcare, responsible for investing across Blackstone’s Private Equity, Tactical Opportunities and Growth businesses, based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Jagannath has led Blackstone’s investments in HealthEdge, Burgess Group, Bright Health, Cryoport (NASDAQ: CYRX), ZO Skin Health, Altruista Health, Ginger, Hydrogen Health, Wellframe, Medable, Life Science Logistics, and DNAnexus, and was involved in Blackstone’s investments in Alnylam/inclisiran royalty, Precision Medicine Group and Advarra. He is also a member of the Blackstone Growth Investment Committee and Chairman of the Portfolio Committee.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Jagannath was a founding Partner of Navab Capital Partners (NCP), where he was Head of Healthcare and a member of NCP’s Management and Investment Committees. Prior to NCP, he was a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, focused on healthcare investments in Carlyle’s flagship US Buyout private equity fund. During his twelve years at Carlyle, Mr. Jagannath was a member of the teams which invested in One Medical Group, Pharmaceutical Product Development, X-Chem, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Healthscope Ltd., and HCR ManorCare. Previously, he worked at Genstar Capital and Thomas Weisel Capital Partners.
Mr. Jagannath currently serves on the Board of Directors of HealthEdge, Cryoport, ZO Skin Health, Headspace Health and Life Science Logistics and as a Board Observer of Medable and ConnectiveRx. He also serves on the Board of Visitors of the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and on the Kellogg School of Management Private Equity Advisory Council, as well as on the Board of the Navy SEAL Foundation. Mr. Jagannath was previously a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Jagannath received a BSE in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering with a minor in Economics from Duke University, a J.D. from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. After Duke, he was a Fulbright Scholar in Economic Development at the University of Zagreb in Croatia.
Rohit S Jain
Managing Director
Real Estate - Sydney
Rohit Sharan Jain is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in Sydney.
Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Jain has been involved with asset management and transaction activities across Europe, Singapore and Australia, on a variety of real estate classes including hospitality, gaming, office, residential and logistics. He has worked in the London and Hong Kong offices of Blackstone before joining the Sydney office in 2022.
Mr. Jain received a Masters in Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE) in London, and has also completed all three levels of the chartered financial analyst (CFA) program.
Alok Jain
Managing Director
Real Estate - Mumbai
Alok Jain is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group.
Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Jain has been involved in evaluating real estate investments in several property types.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Jain worked as a Hardware Engineer with Nvidia Graphics and was involved in designing and verifying complex computer chips. Mr. Jain received Bachelors of Engineering (Hons.) from BITS-Pilani where he was awarded the BITS-Merit and BITS-Alumni scholarships. He completed his MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore.
Natacha Jamar
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - London
Natacha Jamar is a Senior Managing Director in the Corporate Private Equity Group. Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Jamar has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in ICS, Versace, Armacell, Merlin, BME and Huws Gray. Ms. Jamar serves on the Board of Directors of BME and Huws Gray.
Before joining Blackstone's London office in 2009, Ms. Jamar was a Summer Analyst in the New York office.
Ms. Jamar graduated cum laude from Princeton with an A.B. in Economics, and Certificates in Spanish and Finance.
Christopher James
Sr. Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
Christopher James is the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities group and Chairperson of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (BXPE). Mr. James is a member of the Investment Committees for the Tac Opps, Blackstone Growth and BXPE funds.
Prior to launching Tactical Opportunities in 2012, Mr. James had been involved in the execution of Blackstone strategic initiatives and investments across a variety of asset classes including the firm’s initial public offering and the firm’s investments in GSO, Pátria Investimentos and Strategic Partners. He has served on the boards of various Blackstone portfolio companies.
Mr. James received a BS from Duke University and a JD from Harvard Law School. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Prep for Prep and Riverdale Country School.
Gadi Jay
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Gadi Jay is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate group and responsible for European Real Estate Capital Markets, based in London. Since joining the firm in 2014, Mr. Jay has been involved in the financing of all European real estate investments including asset, stock and portfolio-level financings and in obtaining fund-level leverage utilized by Blackstone’s European real estate investment vehicles. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Jay spent 3 years at HSBC Global Banking & Markets where he was a Vice President based in London, focusing on financing and debt advisory mandates across Europe. Prior to that Mr. Jay spent 2 years at HSBC Private Bank in New York and London. Mr. Jay graduated from City University with an LLB (Honors) in Law and Property Valuation.
Adam Jenkins
Sr. Managing Director
Executive Offices - New York
Adam Jenkins is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Portfolio Management for Blackstone’s Private Equity platforms. Mr. Jenkins is responsible for monitoring performance across the global private equity portfolio, driving strategic prioritization of the firm’s operational resources, and developing financial, operational, and investing insights from Blackstone’s business ecosystem.
Previously, Mr. Jenkins focused on private equity investments in the energy sector, and has been involved with the firm’s investments in Beacon Offshore Energy, Brix Oil & Gas, Falcon Minerals Corp., Kosmos Energy, LLOG Bluewater, Royal Resources, Siccar Point Energy, and Vine Oil & Gas. He currently serves on the board of Beacon Offshore Energy.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Jenkins evaluated and executed investments at WL Ross & Co. He began his career at Lazard Ltd.
Mr. Jenkins received a BA, summa cum laude from Yale College, and a JD, magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the New York State Bar.
Patrick Jennings
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - San Francisco
Patrick S. Jennings is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2010. Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Jennings attended Cornell University where he graduated with a B.S. magna cum laude in Applied Economics and Management. Mr. Jennings subsequently earned the C.F.A. designation.
Tim Johnson
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Timothy Johnson is the Global Head of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS"), based in New York. Mr. Johnson is responsible for overseeing Blackstone’s commercial and residential real estate debt investment strategies and is also a member of the firm’s real estate investment committee.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Johnson was a co-founder of BroadPeak Funding, a boutique commercial real estate finance company based in Los Angeles. Prior to founding BroadPeak, Mr. Johnson was a Vice President in the Lehman Brothers Global Commercial Real Estate Group where he worked from 2002-2008.
Mr. Johnson received a BA in Mathematics from the College of the Holy Cross where he graduated cum laude.
Laura Johnson
Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Laura Johnson is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit, and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. Ms. Johnson is principally involved in originating and executing opportunities with high growth companies in the technology sector.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Johnson was a senior member of the investment team at ORIX Growth Capital where she was responsible for originating and underwriting mid to late-stage software and fintech investments. Prior to ORIX Growth Capital, Ms. Johnson led FP&A and Strategy at RichRelevance, a San Francisco based software company. Ms. Johnson began her career at Prudential Capital Group where she was responsible for underwriting investment opportunities in the middle market.
Ms. Johnson received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Finance from the University of San Francisco.
Kristin Johnston
Managing Director
Finance - New York
Kristin Johnston is a Managing Director in the Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis group and is involved with management reporting, financial planning, budgeting, and earnings preparation. Previously, Ms. Johnston was in various strategic and financial roles with the firm including positions with the Strategic Incentives, Business Development, Private Equity valuations and Corporate Finance groups. She was involved with various strategic planning projects including the firm’s initial public offering, bond issuances, spin-off of PJT Partners and the conversion to a C-Corp.
Ms. Johnston received a BBA in International Business and Finance from James Madison University with distinction and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. She is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of New York. Ms. Johnston is on the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council, the Finance Women’s Network Steering Committee and Finance Integration and Training Committee.
Graham Jones
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Graham Jones is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Jones is responsible for the origination of U.S. CLOs with a focus on CLO structuring, and is involved with structured credit investments, both making investment recommendations and monitoring current positions.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Jones worked at Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for the structuring and marketing of U.S. CLO transactions. Mr. Jones was at various times responsible for structuring and origination of reREMICs and other securitized products. Mr. Jones began his career in management consulting.
Mr. Jones received a BA from Cambridge University and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating as Palmer Scholar.
Chris Joseph
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Chris Joseph is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. He is involved with originating and executing upon investments in the energy, energy transition, and sustainability sectors.
Before joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Joseph worked in the Global Natural Resources Investment Banking group at Goldman Sachs, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity capital raises for companies within the energy and energy transition sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Joseph began his career at Lehman Brothers in the Fixed Income Division.
Mr. Joseph received a BA in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
David Kaden
Sr. Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
David Kaden is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group, where he is involved in the execution of the firm’s investments. Tac Opps is Blackstone’s opportunistic investment business which invests globally across asset classes and industries and seeks to identify and execute on attractive, differentiated investment opportunities. Mr. Kaden is currently a member of the Board of Directors of ARKA, Draken and Diamonds Direct and an observer to the board of Bridger Aerospace and Cargo X.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Kaden worked at the White House where he was the Director for International Economics on the National Security Council and National Economic Council. He previously served as the assistant chief of staff to the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Mr. Kaden received an AB from Harvard College, a JD from Yale Law School, and served as a law clerk to Judge Jose A. Cabranes on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Kelli Kahn
Managing Director
Corporate Affairs - New York
Kelli Kahn is the Global Co-Head and Managing Director in the Conference and Event Management group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. Kahn worked as an Assistant Vice President in Events for Bank of America Merrill Lynch supporting various businesses globally. Prior to that, she also worked for Condé Nast publications and with SFX Sports Management.
Ms. Kahn received a BA in Communication, cum laude, with a major in Public Relations and a minor in Global Studies from Marist College. She also studied at Bond University in Queensland, Australia. Ms. Kahn is a member of the Council of Protocol Executives and Meeting Professionals International.
Lama Kanazeh
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Lama Kanazeh is the Global Head of Real Estate Business Development, the Chief Operating Officer of Institutional Client Solutions Europe and serves as the Chair of the Women’s Initiative for Blackstone Europe.
Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Ms. Kanazeh spent four years at Credit Suisse in their Investment Banking and Leveraged Finance Divisions.
Ms. Kanazeh received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.
Alexis Kantt
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Alexis Kantt is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London, where he focuses on new investment opportunities in Iberia and the data center sector across Europe.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kantt was a Senior Vice President at Starwood Capital Group, where he most recently led corporate real estate acquisitions in the Americas. Mr. Kantt began his career at Deutsche Bank in the Commercial Real Estate group.
Mr. Kantt received a BSc. in Systems Analysis with honors from the University of Miami and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is also a member of the University of Miami Real Estate Advisory Board.
Farhad Karim
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Farhad Karim is Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Europe, and the Global General Counsel of Blackstone Real Estate.
He is also Chairman of Blackstone Europe, and sits on a number of boards, including for Blackstone European Property Investment Fund and Blackstone Europe Fund Management.
Mr. Karim received a BA from McGill University and a JD from Columbia University.
Ryan Karnes
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Ryan Karnes is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group where he currently focuses on new investment opportunities in the industrial/logistics sector across North America. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Karnes has worked on real estate investments across several property sectors, including the acquisition of GLP’s U.S. logistics business, the privatizations of Gramercy Property Trust and PS Business Parks, as well as a variety of other transactions contributing to the growth of Blackstone's industrial platform in the U.S. (Link Logistics).
Mr. Karnes received an AB in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Gabrielle Karnes
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Gabrielle Karnes is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group at Blackstone. She currently focuses on strategy for Blackstone Property Partners U.S. and Blackstone Property Partners Life Sciences, two of Blackstone’s U.S. Core+ vehicles.
Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Ms. Karnes focused on new investment opportunities in North America with a particular focus on the retail sector. She also worked on real estate investments across several other property sectors including the acquisition of GE Capital’s real estate business and the recapitalization of BioMed Realty.
Ms. Karnes received a BA in Mathematics and Economics with a minor in Political Science from Northwestern University, where she graduated cum laude, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Gemma Kataky
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Gemma Kataky is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in London.
Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Kataky has been involved in Blackstone’s real estate asset management activities, with a particular focus on UK investments. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Kataky spent seven years as an Associate Director at The Carlyle Group, focused on investment opportunities and asset management across Europe and prior to that spent two years at BAML on the M&A team.
Ms. Kataky received a BA in Economics from Durham University in 2005, where she graduated with First Class Honors. Ms. Kataky currently serves on the board of Sage Housing, The Office Group, ArchCo, and iQ Student Housing and is a trustee on the LandAid Charitable foundation.
Matt Katz
Sr. Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Matt Katz is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Data Science for Blackstone. He leads Blackstone’s team of data scientists and in this capacity partners with management teams and operators to accelerate growth across Blackstone’s portfolio companies by leveraging data science. He and his team additionally work closely with Blackstone’s investment teams to provide a differentiated viewpoint through advanced analytics during the investment process.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Katz was a Vice President at Point72 Asset Management where he focused on data science and investing. He began his career at Credit Suisse.
Mr. Katz graduated with honors from Princeton University. He serves on the advisory board of Virginia Tech’s Academy of Data Science and is on the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council. In 2022, he was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
Alex Katz
Managing Director
Government Relations - New York
Alex Katz is a Managing Director of Government Relations. Mr. Katz helps navigate political, legislative, and regulatory risk for the firm and provides advice to portfolio companies on related matters.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Katz was a senior aide to U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer. In the Senate, Mr. Katz served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Special Assistant to the Senator before helping to run Mr. Schumer’s successful re-election campaign in 2016. During the 2018 midterm elections Mr. Katz was named Senior Advisor to the Senate Majority PAC, the principal super PAC aimed at electing Democrats to the upper chamber. Prior to his time in the Senate, Mr. Katz worked for New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning. He also worked in Chicago City Hall under Mayor Rahm Emanuel. During the 2020 election, Mr. Katz served on the Biden for President National Finance Committee.
Mr. Katz holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University. Mr. Katz currently sits on the board of Blackstone portfolio company LifeScience Logistics. He is also a Trustee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and serves on the Board of Advisors for the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City.
Daniel Katz
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
Daniel Katz is a Managing Director at Blackstone and the Chief Product Officer of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (BXPE). He is also focused on driving fund marketing initiatives as well as investor relations for Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Growth.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Katz was a Director in the Private Fund Group at Credit Suisse Securities where he was focused on project management. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Katz was an Associate covering Healthcare at BMO Capital Markets and the Northeast Finance Director for the Democratic National Committee.
Mr. Katz received a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Kaufman
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Capital Markets - New York
Jonathan Kaufman is the Global Head of Blackstone Capital Markets (BXCM), responsible for the debt and equity financing activity across broader Blackstone Private Equity, including Blackstone Energy Partners, Tactical Opportunities, Infrastructure, and Blackstone Growth and Life Sciences. BXCM has structured and led over $500bn of issuance since inception. Mr. Kaufman also works across Blackstone’s credit investing platforms to generate capital deployment and revenue opportunities.
Mr. Kaufman joined Blackstone in 2007 and previously worked as a Vice President in the Restructuring & Reorganization Group, where he advised a number of companies and lenders in their chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, and special situation investments. Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Kaufman was a Manager of M&A at Platinum Equity, where he evaluated and executed private equity investments in a wide range of industries.
Mr. Kaufman received a BA in History from Amherst College, where he graduated magna cum laude, and an MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Kaufman is a member of the Board of Trustees of Park Children’s Day School.
Brian Kaufman
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Brian Kaufman is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and currently leads asset management for Blackstone’s U.S. hospitality and student housing portfolios, including BRE Hotels & Resorts, Extended Stay America, Great Wolf Resorts, G6 Hospitality and American Campus Communities.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Kaufman was the Managing Partner of The Kaufman Companies, a privately held hospitality investment, development and asset management group in the U.S. and Europe. He previously worked at Highgate Capital Investment as a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and at Goldman Sachs & Co in the Merchant Banking Division. He began his career at Lehman Brothers in the Global Real Estate Group.
Mr. Kaufman received a BS from Cornell University in 2008. He currently serves on Dean’s Advisory Board at the Cornell Nolan School, SC Johnson College of Business as well as the Advisory Board of the Nolan Center for Real Estate and Finance. He has been recognized for his social impact and philanthropic efforts and, in 2022, received the Peter G. Peterson Award. Mr. Kaufman is also a member of The Council on Foreign Relations.
Jeffrey Kauth
Managing Director
Corporate Affairs - New York
Jeff Kauth is a Managing Director in the Global Corporate Affairs Group. He focuses on global public affairs for the Blackstone Real Estate business, serving as a media spokesperson and advising on communications issues.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kauth was Managing Director at Joele Frank, a leading financial PR firm, where he advised clients on a wide range of public facing issues and communications challenges. Prior to that, Mr. Kauth held roles with Renaissance Technologies and Abbott Capital Management. Mr. Kauth began his career at Bear Stearns as an investment banker.
Mr. Kauth received his BS in applied economics and management from Cornell University and his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Daniel Kearns
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - Sydney
Daniel Kearns is a Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kearns was a Vice President at TPG Capital Asia in Melbourne, Australia where he was involved with the analysis and execution of private equity transactions across a range of industry sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Kearns was an Analyst at UBS Investment Bank in Melbourne.
Mr. Kearns received a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Katie Keenan
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Katie Keenan is the Global Co-Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”), based in New York. BREDS invests in public and private real estate credit globally on behalf of a variety of institutional, public and insurance capital vehicles. Ms. Keenan is also Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT), a publicly-traded commercial mortgage REIT managed by Blackstone.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Ms. Keenan held positions at G2 Investment Group, Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds and in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Lehman Brothers.
Ms. Keenan graduated cum laude with an AB in History from Harvard College. She sits on the Board of Directors of Getting Out and Staying Out and the Advisory Board of Governors of NAREIT, and is a member of WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate.
Laura Keenan
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Laura S. Keenan is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Keenan joined Blackstone in 2013 as an analyst in the Finance department, and in 2015 joined the Institutional Client Solutions team focusing on investor relations and client service.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Keenan worked as an auditor in the Financial Services Office at Ernst & Young LLP.
Ms. Keenan received a BS in Accountancy with a minor in Finance and graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University’s School of Business. Ms. Keenan holds Series 7, 79 & 63 licenses with FINRA.
Jonathan Kelly
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - London
Mr. Kelly is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group and European Head of Infrastructure for Blackstone, based in London. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Kelly has been involved in the execution of Blackstone Infrastructure’s investments in Autostrade per I’Italia (ASPI) and Mundys, while also serving on the Board of Directors for ASPI, Mundys, including Mundys’ subsidiaries Abertis and Telepass, and Phoenix Tower International. Mr. Kelly also currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Childhood Trust.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Kelly was a Managing Partner at Brookfield Asset Management, where he spent over 12 years. During his time at Brookfield he worked in various global offices including in Australia, Europe and North America. His most recent role at Brookfield was as Head of Europe for Brookfield Infrastructure, as well as Global Chief Investment Officer for Data Infrastructure and Utilities. He previously served as a Director of BUUK Infrastructure, Wireless Infrastructure Group, TdF, Ascenty, Evoque Data Centers, Enwave North America, among others. Prior to joining Brookfield, Mr. Kelly worked at CIBC World Markets.
Mr. Kelly graduated from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) in 2005.
Kevin Kennedy
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Kevin Kennedy is a Managing Director in the Technology and Innovations group and focuses on the firm’s cyber defense capabilities.
Before joining Blackstone, Kevin held positions as CTO and CISO across several financial organizations in the banking and alternative asset management sectors.
He earned his BA from Columbia University, an MS in Cybersecurity from Brown University, and is currently an adjunct professor in Cybersecurity at John Jay University. Kevin is a former United States Marine, Iraq War Veteran, and co-founder of ReferVets.org – a non-profit platform that helps veterans get back to work.
David Kestnbaum
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
David Kestnbaum is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group. He currently leads investments in the Media & Entertainment, Consumer, and Business Services sectors.
Mr. Kestnbaum has led or been involved in Blackstone’s current investments in Ancestry, Candle Media, Encore, Merlin Entertainments, PSSI, SERVPRO, and SESAC, as well as prior investments in Alight Solutions, AlliedBarton, AVINTIV, Cloverleaf Cold Storage, and DJO Global.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Kestnbaum was with Vestar Capital Partners and previously JPMorgan’s Financial Sponsor Group.
Mr. Kestnbaum holds a BA in Political Science from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently a Director of Ancestry, Candle Media, Encore, SERVPRO, and SESAC. He is also a member of the Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Association Executive Committee and previously represented Blackstone as a Partnership for New York City Rockefeller Fellow.
Jas Khaira
Sr. Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
Jasvinder Khaira is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group. He is involved in investments in the digital infrastructure, software and consumer sectors. He has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s current and past investments including Global Tower Partners, Phoenix Towers International, Hotwire Communications, Wireless Capital Partners, Ascenty, Sipartech, Diamonds Direct, Pretium and Lundin Gold. Mr. Khaira has also been involved in several investments in structured credit, whole loan acquisitions and regulatory capital. Prior to joining Tactical Opportunities, Mr. Khaira was a member of Blackstone’s Private Equity Group and Blackstone Credit and was involved in the execution of the firm’s initial public offering and the firm’s investment in GSO.
Mr. Khaira received a BS in Business and a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Jasmine Khambatta
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Jasmine Khambatta is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group where she handles portfolio operations and asset management for Blackstone’s North American private equity investments.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Khambatta served as Vice President and General Manager at TE Connectivity. Previously, Ms. Khambatta served as Sr. Vice President of Strategy and Operational Excellence at Schindler Elevator Corporation, Group President of IAQ at Filtration Group, and Vice President and General Manager of Indoor Lighting at Acuity Brands Corporation. Earlier in her career she held marketing and operations leadership roles at Danaher Corporation.
Ms. Khambatta received a BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Michigan and completed her MBA at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Bilal Khan
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Bilal Khan is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2009, Mr. Khan has been involved in the execution of several Blackstone investments, including various Sithe Global investments, Fisterra Energy, Transmission Developers, Aypa Power, Onyx Renewables, Legence, Array Technologies, Enstall (formerly known as Esdec Solar Group) and Xpansiv.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Khan was an Associate at GTCR Golder Rauner, where he was involved with the analysis and execution of private equity investments in a wide range of industries. Prior to that, Mr. Khan worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions department at Lazard Frères focused on Power & Utilities clients.
Mr. Khan received a BS in Applied Economics from Cornell University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He also received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Khan serves as a Director of Fisterra Energy, Transmission Developers, Aypa Power, Legence, Array Technologies and Xpansiv.
Amer Khatoun
Sr. Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - London
Amer Khatoun is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Khatoun has been involved in the execution of the firm’s investments in De Nora, Beauparc, Superbet, HH Global, Lombard, NIBC and SII. He currently serves as a Director of HH Global and Lombard.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Khatoun was a Senior Associate with H.I.G. Capital in London where he was involved with the analysis and execution of mid-market private equity transactions across a number of sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Khatoun was an analyst with Goldman Sachs and Citi in London, where he worked in their Mergers & Acquisitions divisions.
Mr. Khatoun received a BSc in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol.
Raphael Kiam
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Raphael Kiam is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Public Investments Operations team, based in New York. Mr. Kiam is actively involved in the investment operations for BREDS Public Investments.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Kiam was a Business Consultant for Wall Street Systems Inc., a company that provides treasury software to large corporations and central banks. Prior to that role, Mr. Kiam was a Vice President in Finance, for Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust, overseeing the accounting for the bank’s investment and derivatives portfolio. Prior to that role, Mr. Kiam spent five years as a Manager in the Financial Services Risk Management Group at Ernst & Young LLP providing advisory services surrounding derivatives accounting as well as structured finance transactions.
Mr. Kiam began his career with Arthur Andersen LLP as an advisor in the Financial and Commodity Risk Consulting group. Mr. Kiam received a BA in economics from the University of Illinois.
Maha Kiani
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Maha Kiani is a Managing Director and the Head of Asset Management for the Asset Based Finance and Private High-Grade businesses in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Kiani was a Director at Hudson Structured Capital Management. In that role, she originated and invested in transportation related assets across the capital structure. Prior to Hudson, Ms. Kiani was an analyst focused on aviation at Brigade Capital Management, where she originated and managed a hard asset portfolio of over 100+ aircraft.
Ms. Kiani graduated with high distinction with a Bachelor of Commerce from Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. She also holds a CPA from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Brian Kim
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Brian Kim is the Global Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") and the Head of Acquisitions and Capital Markets of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), based in New York. Mr. Kim also served as the Global Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone’s Core+ real estate business from January 2023 to June 2024. Since joining Blackstone in 2008, Mr. Kim has played a key role in a number of Blackstone’s investments including the take private and subsequent sale of Strategic Hotels & Resorts, the acquisition of Peter Cooper Village / Stuyvesant Town and the creation of BRE Select Hotels Corp., Blackstone’s select service hotel platform.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Kim worked at Apollo Real Estate Advisors, Max Capital Management Corp. and Credit Suisse First Boston.
Mr. Kim has served as a board member of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust since January 2021 and previously served as a board member of CorePoint Lodging Inc. and a board member and, Chief Financial Officer of BRE Select Hotels Corp. Mr. Kim received an AB in Biology from Harvard College where he graduated with honors.
Carol Kim
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - Hong Kong
Carol Kim is a Senior Managing Director and Head of the Institutional Client Solutions Group in Asia and is based in Hong Kong. Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Kim has been involved with investor relations and new business development in Asia. Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Ms. Kim was based in New York as a Vice President in the Absolute Return Strategies Group at Lehman Brothers, where she was responsible for client communications and reporting to its hedge fund and fund of hedge funds clients. Prior to joining Lehman, she was Director of Marketing at Continuity Capital, LLC and a Marketing Associate at P. Schoenfeld Asset Management. Ms. Kim began her career in investor relations at LG Electronics in Korea and Allied Properties in Toronto. Ms. Kim received a BA in Urban and Economic Studies from the University of Toronto. She is a Co-Founder and Board member of 100 Women in Finance.
Lydia Kim
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Lydia Kim is a Managing Director of Blackstone in the Private Wealth Solutions group and Head of Product Origination. Ms. Kim is involved in product origination, including product development efforts that deliver Blackstone’s asset management capabilities to private clients and portfolio management of Blackstone Total Alternatives Solution (BTAS). Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Kim has been involved in the launch of the BTAS program and oversees the execution and portfolio management of the BTAS funds. In addition, Ms. Kim has been actively involved in the creation and implementation of global retail solutions for Blackstone.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Kim worked in the Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments group where she served as primary relationship manager for several alternative investment managers and worked on the origination and product management of hedge funds.
Ms. Kim graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Finance and a BS in Accounting from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business as part of the distinguished Stern Scholars Program.
Chris Kim
Managing Director
Real Estate - Seoul
Chris Kim is a Managing Director and the Head of Real Estate – Korea based in Seoul. He is involved with the day-to-day management of real estate investment activities in Korea.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kim worked at Angelo Gordon & Co. where he was Co-Head of Korea Real Estate responsible for sourcing and executing real estate transactions in Korea.
Mr. Kim received a B.A. in Business Administrations from Yonsei University and is fluent in Korean and English.
Brendan King
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Brendan M. King is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2009. Mr. King is an advisory board member of multiple funds.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. King attended Binghamton University where he graduated with a B.S. cum laude in Management & Finance. Mr. King subsequently earned the C.F.A. designation.
Mike Kirkman
Managing Director
Blackstone Growth - San Francisco
Mike Kirkman is a Managing Director in Blackstone Growth (BXG) where he is focused on investments in the Healthcare sector. Mr. Kirkman is based in San Francisco.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kirkman was a Director at GI Partners where he helped lead investment activity in the healthcare and software sectors. During his time at GI, he invested in and served on the boards of such companies as Netsmart, Generate Life Sciences, Clinical Ink, and MRI Software. Prior to GI, Mr. Kirkman was with JLL Partners in New York, where he began his investing career, focusing on private equity investments in North America. Mr. Kirkman currently serves on the board of the San Francisco Private Equity Network.
Mr. Kirkman holds a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Lee Kirschbaum
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Lee Kirschbaum is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group where he focuses on portfolio operations and asset management for Blackstone’s Private Equity investments in the technology sector.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kirschbaum served as Executive Vice President, Fraud, Communications and Contact Center Solutions at TransUnion. Previously, Mr. Kirschbaum served as Executive Vice President at Neustar, Senior Vice President at Opus, and President of Kroll’s Compliance division. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kirschbaum held strategy and operating roles at Dun & Bradstreet, Qwest Communications, and Capgemini.
Mr. Kirschbaum received a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago where he graduated with honors and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Daisuke Kitta
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Tokyo
Daisuke Kitta is the Head of Real Estate Japan based in Tokyo, and he is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Real Estate group’s investment activities in Japan. Since joining Blackstone in 2008, Mr. Kitta has been involved in analyzing various real estate investment opportunities in Japan.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kitta worked at Deutsche Bank, where he was responsible for originating and executing real estate transactions in Japan.
Mr. Kitta received a degree in Economics from Nihon University and graduated with a B.S. from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.
Daniel Klein
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Daniel Klein is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2023, Mr. Klein was a portfolio manager at CAM Capital where he oversaw high yield investing. Previously, Mr. Klein worked at HPS.
Mr. Klein received a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Yale University.
Jacob Kleinberger
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Miami
Jacob Kleinberger is a Managing Director and Head of Platform Solutions with Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group. In this role, he oversees the development of the Group’s business intelligence capabilities.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Kleinberger worked at Merrill Lynch, where he held various corporate strategy roles and was an analyst in the investment banking division.
Mr. Kleinberger received a BS in Finance and a BS in Economics from the University of Central Florida, where he graduated magna cum laude. He earned an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Kelly Klobucar
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Kelly Klobucar is a Managing Director and Chief Learning Officer within the Private Wealth Solutions group. Ms. Klobucar is involved in learning and development, recruiting, career development, and other programmatic initiatives. Ms. Klobucar has held a variety of roles within Private Wealth Solutions since joining the firm in 2016, initially leading the Independent Wealth Management internal sales team and more recently was a member of the Global Strategic Partnerships team.
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. Klobucar was head of Intermediary Internal Sales at Schroder Investment Management. Prior to Schroders, she was a Senior Relationship Manager at FBR Capital Markets where she focused on Registered Investment Advisors in the Northeast region of the US. Ms. Klobucar received a BA in Communications from Boston College.
Mike Knauss
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Mike Knauss is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance department and Chief Compliance Officer of the Infrastructure business.
Before joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Knauss practiced law at Ropes & Gray LLP, where he represented investment advisers and registered and private fund clients with a focus on fund formation, derivatives, and regulatory matters. Prior to that role, Mr. Knauss served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frederic Block of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Before clerking, Mr. Knauss was Senior Vice President, Head of Strategic Initiatives at Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC, the distributor for the retail and institutional PIMCO and Allianz funds.
Mr. Knauss received his undergraduate degree from Duke University with Distinction and received a JD from Brooklyn Law School, where he was Associate Managing Editor of the Law Review.
Heidi Kniesel
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - Berkeley Square House London
Ms. Kniesel is the Head of EMEA Compliance for Blackstone, based in London. She joined the Firm in September 2021 as a Managing Director in Real Estate – Asset Management, as Global Head of Portfolio Company Risk.
Prior to joining Blackstone Ms. Kniesel was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs (GS), where she was International Head of Compliance for their Real Estate Division and Head of Compliance for GS offices in Europe and the Middle East.
Heidi obtained her MBA in 2014 from Edinburgh Business School of the Heriot-Watt University.
Peter Koffler
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Peter Koffler is a Senior Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group, focusing on Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA). His previous positions at Blackstone include General Counsel of BXMA, Global Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone and Chief Compliance Officer of BXMA.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. Koffler served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Twenty-First Securities Corporation, an institutional trading and investment firm. Mr. Koffler began his legal career at Baer Marks & Upham.
Mr. Koffler received a BA from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He received a JD, with honors, from Hofstra University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Law Review.
Paul Kolodziej
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York 601 Lex
Paul Kolodziej is a Managing Director with Blackstone Real Estate. He serves as the Chief Accounting Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (“BREIT”) and the Head of Accounting for Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Paul also previously served as Controller of BREIT from June 2016 to March 2019.
Prior to joining Blackstone in June 2016, Mr. Kolodziej was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he provided assurance services to financial service clients focused on REITs, private real estate funds and hedge funds. During his time at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Mr. Kolodziej also completed a two-year rotation in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s SEC Services Group within their National Office, focusing on client consultations over a wide range of matters related to security registrations and on-going SEC filing requirements.
Mr. Kolodziej received a BS in Accountancy from DePaul University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Zaneta Koplewicz
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Zaneta Koplewicz is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and the Head of Shareholder Relations for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (“BREIT”).
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Koplewicz spent fourteen years at BlackRock where she was most recently a Managing Director responsible for developing and growing relationships with large, strategic clients in North America. Prior to that, she held several roles within BlackRock Alternative Investors including Head of Product Strategy for the Event Driven business, where she led client engagement and business strategy for the platform across institutional and private wealth clients. Ms. Koplewicz was also instrumental in BlackRock’s sustainability efforts, leading a global working group which served as a key catalyst for the establishment of BlackRock Sustainable and Transition Solutions.
Ms. Koplewicz received a BA in Politics with a certificate in African American Studies from Princeton University.
Nancy Korb
Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Nancy Korb is the Global Head of Real Estate Human Resources. With more than 20 years of global HR experience, Ms. Korb has held senior HR Global Business Advisor positions at JP Morgan covering Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate Investment Bank and served as Head of HR for Latin America and Canada for three years. Prior to JPMorgan, Nancy served in various business partner roles at Citi as well as in the Compensation and Recruiting functions.
Nancy holds Bachelor of Arts and Master’s degrees from Columbia University in New York.
Matt Koskinen
Managing Director
Real Estate - Sydney
Matt Koskinen is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in Sydney. Mr. Koskinen is involved in the asset management of Blackstone’s Australian investments.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Koskinen worked in real estate investment banking at Goldman Sachs where he was involved in a variety of M&A, equity and debt transactions. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Koskinen worked in real estate equity research at Macquarie covering Australia and Canada. Mr. Koskinen began his career in real estate asset management at Standard Life.
Mr. Koskinen received a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a CFA charterholder.
Taras Kowaliw
Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Taras Kowaliw is a Managing Director in Human Resources and Head of the People Analytics team. He leads HR’s team of data scientists, reporting specialists, and data managers to partner with other HR professionals and management teams across the firm. Through self-serve reporting and bespoke advanced analytics, he and his team help make data-driven decisions to help employees firmwide, especially in hiring, experience, and retention.
Before joining Blackstone, Taras spent ten years with Goldman Sachs, working as a quantitative strategist in their Public Equity, Alternative Investments, and People Analytics teams. This included work in fund performance attribution, portfolio optimization, predictive modelling for recruiting and retention, and behavioural finance systems for equity portfolio managers. Prior to this, Taras did academic research in machine learning and synthetic biology, including with the CNRS in France.
Taras has a PhD in artificial intelligence from Concordia University and a BSc in mathematics from the University of Toronto.
Peter Krause
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Peter Krause is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in London. Mr. Krause currently focuses on Blackstone’s real estate acquisitions in the logistics sector across Europe. Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Krause has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s logistics investments in Europe, including Logicor, Mileway, St. Modwen Properties plc, and Hansteen Holdings plc.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Krause worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was an Analyst in the Real Estate Investment Banking group.
Mr. Krause received an A.B in Economics from Harvard College and a J.D from Harvard Law School where he was twice named a Dean’s Scholar.
Kevin Kresge
Managing Director
BXCI - New York 601 Lex
Kevin Kresge is a Managing Director and Head of Finance for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Kresge served as Chief Financial Officer of the Private Wealth Solutions (“PWS”) group overseeing strategic planning, financial reporting, data management and business analytics. Prior to PWS, Mr. Kresge served as Chief Administrative Officer of the Strategic Incentives Group, responsible for the global execution, reporting compliance and technology related to the firm's compensation programs and systems. Prior to that, Mr. Kresge was Head of Financial Planning and Analysis with responsibility for the company's global forecast process, business unit and firm-wide strategic planning, management reporting and various special projects. Before joining Blackstone in 2008, he held a number of roles in Finance and Global Markets and Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Kresge graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University with a B.S. in Finance and a B.S. in Accounting.
Aravind Krishnan
Managing Director
Private Equity - Singapore
Aravind Krishnan is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in Singapore and leads the Private Equity business in Southeast Asia. Before moving to Singapore, Mr. Krishnan was based in Mumbai. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Krishnan has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in TaskUs, Aakash Education, Simplilearn, Xpressbees, Blue Yonder, and International Tractors.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Krishnan worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Krishnan received a Bachelor and Masters in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras and an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He currently serves on the boards of Simplilearn and Xpressbees.
Valerie Kritsberg
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Valerie Kritsberg is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Capital Markets and Trading for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Kritsberg leads BXCI’s capital markets origination and sourcing across both liquid and private strategies. Her team acts as a single point of contact within BXCI for banks, broker dealers and other key market participants.
Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Kritsberg has focused on the group's public and private market investments including distressed and special situation investments across multiple industries. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2005, Ms. Kritsberg worked in Credit Suisse First Boston’s Global Energy Investment Banking Group where she worked on equity, leveraged finance and M&A transactions for a number of corporate and private equity clients.
Ms. Kritsberg received a BS from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Nick Kuhar
Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Nick Kuhar is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Kuhar has been involved in Blackstone investments including Copeland, Signature Aviation, MB Aerospace, and Change Healthcare. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Copeland, Signature Aviation and MB Aerospace.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kuhar was an Associate at Bain Capital, where he evaluated and executed private equity investments across several industries in the U.S. and Japan. Prior to that, Mr. Kuhar was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company where he was a member of the Corporate Finance practice.
Mr. Kuhar received a BBA in Finance and Economics from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated at the top of his class, and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.
Adam Kuhnley
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - London
Adam Kuhnley is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure group. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Kuhnley has been involved in the execution of Blackstone Infrastructure’s investments, including Invenergy Renewables and Autostrade per I’Italia (ASPI), while also serving on the Board of Directors for Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. and as a Board Observer for Tallgrass Energy.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Kuhnley spent 13 years at ArcLight Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on energy infrastructure investments in Boston, most recently as a Principal. While at ArcLight, Mr. Kuhnley was involved in the origination, management, and monetization of investments across the midstream, power and upstream sectors in North America and Europe. Mr. Kuhnley began his career as an Analyst with Simmons & Company International in Houston, where he focused on energy M&A advisory.
Mr. Kuhnley received a BBA in Finance with a minor in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin.
Natasha Kulkarni
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Natasha Kulkarni is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Ms. Kulkarni was a writer, producer and reporter at Bloomberg Television. Prior to that, Ms. Kulkarni was a Sales Trader at Goldman Sachs where she focused on equity derivatives.
Ms. Kulkarni received a B.A. in International Studies with honors from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Chloe Kyprianou
Managing Director
BXMA - Berkeley Square House London
Chloe Kyprianou is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Kyprianou worked in Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers and Nomura focusing on origination, advisory and execution of Equity Capital Markets transactions by European issuers.
Ms. Kyprianou received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tony Labarbera
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Tony LaBarbera is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Private Investments team, based in New York. Mr. LaBarbera is responsible for overseeing the U.S. Private Investments team in sourcing, underwriting, negotiating and structuring senior loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity and other debt investments across all asset types and geographies throughout the U.S. Mr. LaBarbera previously worked for Blackstone in London on both the BREDS and Real Estate Capital Markets teams.
Prior to joining Blackstone’s Real Estate group in 2014, Mr. LaBarbera was an analyst in Blackstone’s Advisory group with Park Hill Real Estate.
Mr. LaBarbera received a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia where he graduated with distinction.
Joshua Lafer
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
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.
Lukas Lambach
Managing Director
Real Estate - Hong Kong
Lukas Lambach is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in Hong Kong.
Mr. Lambach is currently responsible for BPP Asia, Blackstone’s open- ended Core+ real estate fund in Asia Pacific. Prior to his current role Mr. Lambach was involved in real estate acquisitions in various property sectors in Europe and Asia Pacific.
Mr. Lambach graduated with first-class honours from Warwick University in the UK, where he received a BSc in Economics and Politics and was a member of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.
Zachary Lamberg
Managing Director
BXMA - Miami
Zachary Lamberg is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Mr. Lamberg graduated from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School with a B.B.A. in Finance and Management and a minor in Economics.
Kristen Langstine
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Kristen Langstine is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Ms. Langstine received a B.B.A. from The George Washington University, where she graduated magna cum laude.
Michael Lascher
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Michael Lascher is the Global Head of Real Estate Debt Capital Markets. Mr. Lascher oversees the financing of all of Blackstone’s real estate investments, and since joining the firm in 2012, has been involved in over $240 billion of asset, stock and portfolio-level financings.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Lascher was a Managing Director with the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy estate where he asset managed a portfolio of real estate investments. From 2004 until the company's bankruptcy, Mr. Lascher was a member of Lehman’s Global Real Estate Group where he focused on the origination, structuring and closing of CMBS financings. He previously was an associate in the real estate group of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
Mr. Lascher received a BA in History and Communications from The University of Pennsylvania and a JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Alex Lau
Managing Director
Finance - Hong Kong
Alex Lau is a Managing Director at Blackstone and he oversees the Asian tax affairs for Blackstone’s Real Estate Group. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Lau worked at KPMG Hong Kong as a tax director and was responsible for advising various funds and real estate clients in Asia. Mr. Lau received a Masters of Taxation Studies from University of Auckland and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Lau is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Wesley LePatner
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Wesley LePatner is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and the Global Head of Core+ Real Estate, based in New York. Ms. LePatner is a member of Blackstone Real Estate’s Investment Committee. She currently serves as a Director and the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) and has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer as of January 1, 2025.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. LePatner spent over a decade at Goldman Sachs. Ms. LePatner received a BA in History from Yale University, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and serves on the boards of The Abraham Joshua Heschel School and Yale University Library Council.
Guillaume Lecois
Managing Director
Real Estate - Italy
Guillaume Lecois is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London, where he is involved in Blackstone’s real estate acquisitions in France and Italy.
Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Lecois has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments in Europe, including Reale Compagnia Italiana, Testa, Office First, and Certeum.
Mr. Lecois received an MS in Management from the HEC business school in Paris, where he majored in Law.
Jane Lee
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Jane Lee is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of CLO Capital Formation for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. Ms. Lee is responsible for the origination of U.S. CLOs, European CLOs, and listed funds.
Ms. Lee joined Blackstone from RBC in 2005. Prior to that, Ms. Lee was a Vice President at Indosuez Capital. Before joining Indosuez Capital, Ms. Lee was a Director in the Loan Products Group of Fitch IBCA, Inc., where she was responsible for rating collateralized debt obligations and other credit derivative transactions.
Ms. Lee received a BA in Economics and Operations Research from Columbia University.
Nicholas Lee
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Nicholas Lee is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Lee was a Partner at Moon Capital Management, where he was responsible for building and growing the firm’s global capital markets business, and senior sell-side broker relationships. Prior to Moon Capital Management, Mr. Lee was a Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific Equity Capital Markets Syndicate at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he oversaw the origination and execution of equity capital markets transactions for the region and was a member of the region’s Equity Executive Committee. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lee was an Associate at Merrill Lynch in investment banking.
Mr. Lee holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University.
Eugene Lee
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Eugene Lee is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Lee leads portfolio management and asset allocation for BXCI’s multi-asset credit strategies.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Lee worked at Goldman Sachs within the Special Situations Group as a member of the Multi-Strategy and Alternative Energy Investing teams. In this capacity, Mr. Lee invested opportunistically across a diverse set of asset classes and industries within North and South America.
Mr. Lee graduated from Harvard University with an AB/SM in Economics and Applied Mathematics and studied violin performance at the New England Conservatory. Mr. Lee serves on the board of directors of Delaware Basin Investment Group and the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Foundation.
GW Lee
Managing Director
Real Estate - Seoul
GW Lee is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in Seoul, Korea. He is involved with sourcing and executing real estate investments in Korea. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Lee worked at Angelo, Gordon & Co. where he was a Managing Director in Korea office responsible for real estate acquisitions and asset management. Prior to that, Mr. Lee was with Morgan Stanley in Korea as an equity research analyst.
Mr. Lee received a M.S. in Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Business Administration from Yonsei University. He is fluent in Korean and English.
Scott Leister
Managing Director
Global Corporate Services - New York
Scott Leister is Managing Director, Global Head of Facilities and Real Estate for Enterprise Operations. He oversees facilities, corporate real estate, design and construction, and critical systems.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Leister worked at KCG Holdings, Inc. as the Global Head of Real Estate, Facilities and Administration where he managed a comprehensive global services team across multiple functions. Prior to KCG Holdings, Inc., Mr. Leister had consulting experience in the areas of land development and civil engineering, as well as general construction.
Mr. Leister has a BS in Civil/Construction Engineering from Temple University and an MS in Civil Engineering from Drexel University.
Daniel Leiter
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Dan Leiter is the Head of International for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) and the Global Head of Liquid Credit Strategies based in London.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2024, Mr. Leiter worked at Morgan Stanley where he was most recently a Managing Director in Fixed Income based in London. At Morgan Stanley, Mr. Leiter was globally responsible for the Securitized Products Trading and Alternative Financing businesses. He was also the head of European Securitized Products across all business lines including trading, sales, structuring and lending.
Mr. Leiter received a BA in Economics from Middlebury College where he graduated Phi-Beta-Kappa.
Alex Leonard
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
Alex Leonard is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of European Liquid Credit Strategies (“LCS”) for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Ireland. Mr. Leonard is a Senior Portfolio Manager for LCS’s European funds.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Leonard was Co-Head of Portfolio Management and Trading at Harbourmaster Capital Management Limited. Before Harbourmaster, Mr. Leonard was a Senior Structurer and Co-Head of Euro Capital Structures (“ECS”), the structuring team for the UniCredit Group, where he had responsibility for structuring deals across a wide variety of asset classes. Mr. Leonard began his career as a quantitative analyst in ING Barings and Airbus Industrie’s aerospace finance team.
Mr. Leonard received an MA in Economics from University College Dublin and an MBA with distinction from Trinity College Dublin.
Adam Leslie
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Adam Leslie is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and he currently focuses on new investment opportunities in the office and life science sectors.
Since joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Leslie has been involved in analyzing Blackstone's real estate investments in several property sectors and has worked on a variety of transactions, including the creation and sale of Blackstone’s industrial platform, IndCor Properties as well as the acquisition of Stuyvesant Town / Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan.
Mr. Leslie graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a BS in Economics.
Cassel Lessinger
Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Mr. Lessinger is a Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group, where he focuses on investments in the digital infrastructure and transportation sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Lessinger has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in QTS Realty Trust, Hotwire Communications, Digital Realty Development JV and Mundys.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Lessinger worked in the Private Equity group at Apollo Global Management and J.H. Whitney Capital Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Lessinger was an Analyst in the Industrials Investment Banking group at Citigroup.
Mr. Lessinger received a B.A. in Mathematical Economics from Colgate University where he graduated with Honors, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lessinger also serves as a Director of Common Denominator, a non-profit in New York City.
Vini Letteri
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Growth - San Francisco
Vincent E. Letteri is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone’s Growth Equity Business, which is focused on providing capital to companies seeking to manage the execution risks associated with high growth environments. Mr. Letteri leads Blackstone’s San Francisco office, and is Chairman of the Portfolio Management Committee. He is also a Member of the Investment Committee, and the Head of Financial Services and Enterprise Software for Blackstone Growth.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Letteri spent thirteen years at KKR. He was a founding member of their Next Generation Technology (NGT) Fund, where he played a lead investment role. Before that, Mr. Letteri was part of KKR Capstone where he worked across a number of KKR portfolio companies. Mr. Letteri spent several years in Hong Kong assisting in the development of KKR Capstone’s Asia operations. He also led KKR’s Green Portfolio Program for the region.
Before joining KKR, Mr. Letteri worked as a Business Development Manager for Nike helping to lead and grow the company’s online business. He also worked for McKinsey & Company in Boston where he focused on private equity, technology, and consumer goods companies.
Mr. Letteri holds a BA with Honors in Economics from Harvard College where he received the John Harvard, Harvard Club and Harvard College scholarships for outstanding academic achievement. He holds an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Letteri is a Board Member of Dynamo Software, Epidemic Sound, and ISN Software Corporation. He also sits on the Board of Directors at the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, is on the Board of Trustees of Boston Latin school, and is a National Board Member of Citizen Schools.
Verena Letzerich
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Verena Letzerich is a Managing Director based in London and Head of Business Development for Blackstone Credit in EMEA.
Before joining Blackstone Credit in 2012 (then known as GSO Capital Partners), Ms. Letzerich spent six years in Structured Credit and Alternatives Sales at J.P. Morgan where she focused primarily on raising capital for managed structured corporate credit, hedge funds, private equity, private debt and insurance linked funds from European institutional investors.
Ms. Letzerich received a Bachelor of Science in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences.
David Levine
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
David Levine is Co-Head of Americas Acquisitions for Blackstone Real Estate.
Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Levine has been involved in more than $100 billion of real estate investments across several property sectors and has worked on various transactions, including the acquisition of Gramercy Property Trust, Pure Industrial, WPT Industrial REIT, PS Business Parks, BioMed Realty and the creation and growth of Blackstone’s 500+ million square foot industrial platform, Link Logistics.
Mr. Levine graduated from Northwestern University, where he received a BA in Economics. He also serves on the board of Reading Partners New York.
Lisa Lew
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Lisa Lew is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Lew is a portfolio manager of the U.S. CLOs. Previously, she was involved with trade settlement and compliance monitoring.
Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Ms. Lew was responsible for settling bank debt trades at Credit Suisse. Prior to that, she was an analyst at AIG working in commercial insurance.
Ms. Lew received a BS. in Business Administration from the University at Buffalo, with concentrations in Finance, Management Information Systems, and International Business.
Elizabeth Lewis
Managing Director
Infrastructure - DC
Elizabeth Lewis is a Managing Director and the Head of ESG for Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Ms. Lewis leads the integration of ESG into the BIP investment process to mitigate risk and create value for portfolio companies and BIP investors.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Lewis was at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector part of the World Bank Group, leading engagement with investors, NGOs, governments, and other stakeholders on climate change. Prior to joining IFC, Ms. Lewis was a Partner and Director of Strategy and Business Development for Terra Alpha Investments. Prior to that, she established World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Investing Program and served as WRI’s Head of Sustainable Investing. Earlier in her career, Ms. Lewis was a Principal at Global Environment Fund, a private equity fund focused on clean energy and sustainable forestry. Ms. Lewis started her career at Booz Allen Hamilton, advising clients in their evaluation of alternative energy technologies and solutions.
Ms. Lewis holds an AB in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees for The Nature Conservancy Maryland/DC. She also serves as a member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board and the Harvard Alumni Association Schools and Scholarships Committee (which she previously co-chaired for the Washington, DC area) and is Class Chair of the John Harvard Society.
Eric Liaw
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Eric Liaw is a Senior Managing Director, the Treasurer, and the Head of Corporate Development for Blackstone, and the Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (BXPE). Mr. Liaw leads Blackstone Global Treasury, which oversees the firm’s balance sheet, risk management activities, and treasury operations. Mr. Liaw also leads strategic mergers and acquisitions, new business initiatives, and special projects in support of Blackstone. Mr. Liaw is also a member of the firm’s Capital Markets, Enterprise Risk, Liquid Asset Investments, and Valuation Committees.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Liaw was a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone’s private equity business, focused on investments in the energy sector. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Liaw was a Principal at TPG Capital where he evaluated and executed investment opportunities in a wide range of industries. Prior to TPG, Mr. Liaw was an associate at Bain Capital, where he focused on private equity investments in a wide range of industries.
Mr. Liaw received his BA, with highest honors, and BBA, with highest honors, from the University of Texas at Austin and received his MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School.
Adam Lichtenstein
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Adam Lichtenstein is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Technology and Innovations group and is involved with the design and development of quantitative modeling across the group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Lichtenstein was a Quantitative Research Lead at Citadel, where he developed systematic volatility portfolio strategies for the Global Quantitative Strategies group. Prior to Citadel, Mr. Lichtenstein was a Researcher and Portfolio manager at Kepos Capital, where he was responsible for the firm’s commodity and macro volatility strategies.
Mr. Lichtenstein graduated with a BSE (Summa Cum Laude) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a MFin in Finance both from Princeton University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Jeffrey Lieberman
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Jeffrey Lieberman is a Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions Group. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Lieberman has been involved in LP relations strategy and supporting business development and fund-raising for Blackstone's private investment funds.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Lieberman worked as an Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Mr. Lieberman received a BA with Distinction in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Political Science from McGill University and a JD, cum laude, from Duke University School of Law, where he served as a Notes Editor on the Duke Law Journal.
Joshua Liederman
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Joshua C. Liederman is a Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions Group. He is involved with LP relations strategy, and supporting business development and fund-raising for Blackstone's private investment funds.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Liederman worked at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP where he was an Associate.
Mr. Liederman received a BA in Economics from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He also received a JD from Rutgers Law School, where he graduated cum laude and was elected to the Order of the Coif, and an MBA from Rutgers Business School, where he was elected Beta Gamma Sigma. Mr. Liederman serves on the Board of Trustees of Sutton Place Synagogue.
Andrew Lim
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - Chicago
Andrew Lim is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations group and Talent Lead for the Real Estate business where he is focused on developing and executing an integrated talent strategy across the portfolio.
Prior to joining Blackstone, he spent five years at ghSMART where he was an Associate Partner and co-lead of the Executive Coaching and Development practice. There he advised clients on critical leadership initiatives such as selection assessment, succession planning and high potential development. Prior to ghSMART, Mr. Lim worked at Korn Ferry where he was a Principal and Consulting Director in their advisory business and earlier in his career, he worked at Heidrick and Struggles and Deloitte Consulting.
Mr. Lim holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Commerce, with merit, from the University of New South Wales in his hometown of Sydney, Australia.
Bernardo Lima
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Bernardo Reis Carneiro da Costa Lima is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Dr. Costa Lima is involved with the development of quantitative models.
Before joining Blackstone, Dr. Costa Lima worked at Citadel as a Quantitative Researcher with the Global Credit team. Prior to that, he was a Fixed Income Strat with Morgan Stanley, supporting various trading desks, including the e-Rates business, the Emerging Markets Credit Desk and the Structured Credit Desk.
Dr. Costa Lima holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (graduated 1st of his class) from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), a master’s degree in Financial Mathematics from the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario).
Brian Lin
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Brian Lin is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group. He is in the debt capital markets group focusing on the financing of real estate investments in the Americas.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Lin worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the commercial real estate lending business. Prior to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mr. Lin worked at Raymond James within the Investment Banking Restructuring group.
Mr. Lin received a BS from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.
Janice Lin
Managing Director
Real Estate - Toronto
Janice Lin is a Managing Director, Head of Canada in the Real Estate Group.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Lin was the Chief Investment Officer for Revera, Inc., a global owner of differentiated retirement living operators with residences throughout Canada, the U.S. and U.K. Prior to Revera, Ms. Lin held senior investment roles with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s Real Estate and Private Equity groups.
Ms. Lin received an MBA from Harvard Business School and Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, graduating Cum Laude. Ms. Lin is on the board of HLMS Developments, the development arm for Houselink & Mainstay Community Housing, Toronto’s largest non-profit supportive housing provider.
Robert Liptak
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Life Sciences - Cambridge
Robert W. Liptak is a Senior Managing Director in the Blackstone Life Sciences group and a member of its Investment Committee, having joined Blackstone as part of its acquisition of Clarus in December 2018. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Liptak was a co-Founder and Managing Director of Clarus since the firm's inception in 2005.
Mr. Liptak has over 25 years of experience in the investment management industry focusing primarily on the establishment and management of various investment management businesses. Prior to Clarus he was a General Partner at MPM Capital, a healthcare venture capital firm. Prior to MPM Capital, Mr. Liptak was a Partner with the Geometry Group, a diversified asset management firm focused on establishing investment management firms. Mr. Liptak currently serves on The Board of Trustees at LaSalle University. Mr. Liptak received his MBA from Columbia University.
Aaron Lissner
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Aaron Lissner is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Lissner was a Director in the FIG investment banking group of Citigroup Global Markets where he led strategic advisory and execution of mergers and acquisitions, strategic reinsurance transactions, and debt and equity offerings.
Mr. Lissner graduated from Duke University with a BS in Economics.
Song Liu
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Song Liu is a Managing Director with GSO Capital Partners. Since joining GSO Capital, Mr. Liu has been involved with Application Development and IT Support for the GSO hedge fund platform. Before joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Liu was a senior manager at Sungard Consulting Service and was involved in the design and implementation of trading and risk management systems for investment banks. Prior to that, Mr. Liu worked as an Assistant Vice President at the Alternative Capital Division of Credit Suisse Group. Mr. Liu started his career at Software House International, a software reseller/integrator. Mr. Liu received a BS of Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers University.
Yixiao Liu
Managing Director
Real Estate - Hong Kong
Yixiao Liu is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is involved in the financing and capital markets activities for Asia Pacific real estate investments.
Since joining the firm in 2011, Ms. Liu has worked within Blackstone Credit where she focused on private and public credit investments in the energy sector, as well as Blackstone’s advisory group where she advised clients on various M&A, restructuring, and strategic matters. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Liu worked for Morgan Stanley’s Fixed-Income CMBS Group.
Ms. Liu received a BA in Mathematics and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Fang James Liu
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - Shanghai
James Liu is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations Group, involved in assisting and guiding Blackstone portfolio companies.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Liu worked as the SVP of Strategy and an Executive Board Member of Zhongnan Group, a leading Chinese real estate development and construction company. He also worked in Intertek China as the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Intertek, Mr. Liu spent 21 years with GE, initially in the U.S. and other global locations on GE’s information management leadership program and Corporate Audit Staff. He then progressed through a variety of business leadership roles in GE Healthcare, GE Capital and GE Industrial Businesses in U.S., Asia and China.
Mr. Liu received a BA, magna cum laude, from West Virginia Wesleyan College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Joseph Lohrer
Sr. Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Joe Lohrer is the Head of U.S. Retail Sales for Blackstone Private Wealth Solutions. He leads a team of client service professionals in delivering Blackstone’s comprehensive platform of Alternative Investment and Private Market strategies including Private Equity, Real Estate, Credit, and Hedge Fund Solutions to retail clients. Joe joined Blackstone in 2011 as part of the newly formed Private Wealth team focused on building and establishing strong partnerships supporting Private Bank, Wire House, Registered Investment Advisors and Independent distribution platforms with an emphasis on Alternative Investment education, service and new product development.
Joe began his career at Smith Barney and spent close to 20 years in varying leadership roles as a distribution professional including National Sales Manager for Citi Asset Management.
He joined Legg Mason in 2006 as part of Legg’s acquisition of Citi Asset Management where he was the Head of National Sales for the National Broker Dealer Channel. He successfully combined several sales forces to build out broad distribution initiatives and distribution of all Legg Mason products within wirehouses. The product vehicles included mutual funds, separately managed accounts, closed end funds, college savings plans, and alternative investments products.
Mr. Lohrer graduated from the State University of New York at Oneonta with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.
Musa Lone
Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Musa Lone is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. Mr. Lone is involved with sourcing, due diligence, structuring and managing investments across the capital structure.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Lone worked at Suvretta Capital Management, a public and private equity investment firm, where he focused on investments in the financial and business services sectors. Prior to Suvretta Capital, Mr. Lone was a private equity investor in Goldman Sachs’ Principal Investment Area (PIA) focused on growth equity and special situations within the financial and technology sectors. Before joining Goldman Sachs’ PIA, Mr. Lone was a private equity investor at Warburg Pincus, where he focused on growth equity and special situations investments within the financial services sector.
Mr. Lone received a BA with Honors from Hofstra University.
Gerrit Loots
Managing Director
Infrastructure - London
Mr. Loots is a Managing Director of Infrastructure Operations and Asset Management focused on Europe.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Loots was a partner and Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal in London advising on and leading large-scale transformations for major companies in Europe, North America and APAC. Previously, he worked with leading firms including AlixPartners, Ernst & Young and a Bechtel affiliated rail company. Mr. Loots benefits from a lengthy experience as an advisor and operator in verticals including transport, aviation & airports, data networks and industrials. He has significant expertise in supply chain and procurement optimization, operating model design and program delivery.
Mr. Loots is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Pretoria and an MBA from the London Business School with concentration in finance.
Bill Loskota
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Bill Loskota is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is focused on client engagement on the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust ("BREIT") Shareholder Relations team.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Loskota worked at Oaktree Capital Management, where he was a Managing Director and Product Specialist, responsible for handling the client relations, marketing and product development activities across the real estate platform. Before joining Oaktree, Mr. Loskota worked at UBS.
Mr. Loskota received a BS in Business Administration and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
Alex Lue
Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Alex Lue is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group where he is focused on investment activity in the energy and energy transition sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Lue has been involved with the firm’s investments in Aypa Power, Array Technologies, PG&E, Irth Solutions, Xpansiv, Lightstone Generation, Lonestar Generation, and Fisterra Energy.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Lue was an Investment Analyst at the Baupost Group where he evaluated public market opportunities in distressed credit and equities across a variety of sectors. Prior to Baupost, Mr. Lue was an analyst in the M&A group at Blackstone Advisory Partners.
Mr. Lue received a Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a BS in Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Paget MacColl
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Paget MacColl is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA), where she serves as the Global Head of Institutional Client Solutions.
Ms. MacColl joined Blackstone after 20 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), where she most recently served as the Co-Head of the Americas Institutional Client Business through which she was responsible for leading business strategy and client engagement with institutions across the US, Canada and Latin America. Prior to that, she led the institutional distribution and fundraising efforts in GSAM as the Global Head of Institutional Capital Markets.
Ms. MacColl earned a B.A. in Politics from Princeton University. In addition, she serves on the Board of Trustees of Greenwich Academy and The Children’s School.
Charlotte MacKenzie
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Charlotte MacKenzie is Head of North American Sales and Client Relationships. Since joining Blackstone Credit in 2012 Ms. MacKenzie has focused on raising capital and managing client relationships across private and liquid credit.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. MacKenzie worked as an Associate in the Investment Banking Division at Lehman Brothers / Barclays Capital where she focused on restructuring and advisory.
Ms. MacKenzie received a BA from Williams College.
Laurent Machenaud
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Laurent Machenaud is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London.
Since joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Machenaud has been involved with asset management and transaction activities in Continental Europe on a variety of real estate classes including office, retail, logistics, hospitality, and clinics.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Machenaud was at Archon, Goldman Sachs’ European real estate management platform, where he spent 7 years focused on equity and debt investment opportunities in Europe.
Mr. Machenaud received a Masters in Management from Bordeaux Business School.
Rashmi Madan
Sr. Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Berkeley Square House London
Rashmi Madan is a Senior Managing Director and Head of EMEA in Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group. Private Wealth Solutions’ mission is to bring institutional quality products across a broad spectrum of alternative asset classes to individual investors and their advisors.
Ms. Madan joined Blackstone in 2011. Prior to her current role she was Chief Operating Officer of Institutional Client Solutions (ICS) in Europe, as well as Head of ICS Europe for Blackstone Credit.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Madan worked for eight years in Credit Sales and Structured Credit at JPMorgan where she focused primarily on raising capital for CLO managers, hedge funds and private credit funds from European institutional investors. Prior to that, Ms. Madan spent five years at Morgan Stanley working in Leveraged Finance and Debt Capital Markets in London and New York, respectively.
Ms. Madan received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Cornell University where she majored in Industrial and Labor Relations.
Amar Majithia
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Amar Majithia is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group focusing on the financing of Blackstone’s real estate investments across Europe.
Before joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Majithia spent 6 years at Goldman Sachs where he was an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division, responsible for origination, structuring, syndication and securitization of real estate financings across Europe.
Mr. Majithia graduated from Cardiff University with a BSc in Business Management and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland.
Scott Malamut
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Scott Malamut is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, where he is involved with the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) Shareholder Relations team.
Before joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Malamut worked at Almanac Realty Investors, where he was involved with securities and sector analysis, transaction execution and asset management of new and existing investments. Prior to joining Almanac, he worked in the real estate investment banking group at Barclays.
Mr. Malamut received a BA in Economics from Cornell University.
Danny Malkin
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Danny Malkin is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Private Investments team, based in New York. Mr. Malkin is responsible for overseeing the U.S. Private Investments team in the sourcing, underwriting, and structuring of debt investments across all asset types and geographies. Mr. Malkin previously worked for Blackstone in both London and Sydney.
Mr. Malkin received a BBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
James Mandel
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
James Mandel is a Managing Director and Blackstone's Chief Sustainability Officer. Mr. Mandel is involved in sustainability and climate initiatives that seek to drive long-term value across our portfolio companies.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Mandel was Managing Director of the Carbon-Free Buildings program at Rocky Mountain Institute, where he led research, consulting, and policy work focused on emissions reduction in buildings, with a focus on the US, China, and India. Prior to Rocky Mountain Institute, he worked at McKinsey and Company with a focus on sustainability and operational efficiency in energy and industrial companies.
Mr. Mandel has a BA with a concentration in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University and a PhD in Ecology from Cornell University.
Matt Manewal
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Matt Manewal is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group, focusing on Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA). Mr. Manewal is involved in the legal structuring of the group’s multi-manager portfolios as well as due diligence on and negotiation of hedge fund manager relationships.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Manewal served as the Associate General Counsel of FNY Capital Management LP and Clarium Capital Management LLC, each a New York-based hedge fund manager. Prior to that, Mr. Manewal was an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where he worked primarily on mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Manewal received a JD from UCLA School of Law and a BA from Yale University.
Andreas Mang
Sr. Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Andreas Mang is the Chief Executive Officer of Equity Healthcare where he is involved in managing medical benefits spend across the Blackstone portfolio. Mr. Mang brings twenty years of healthcare experience to Equity Healthcare, having held various roles in healthcare finance, operations, and strategy.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Mang was the Vice-President responsible for national provider network operations at CareCentrix, a PE-backed, leading home health benefit-management company. At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, he held a variety of roles including a leadership role identifying and implementing administrative cost savings opportunities throughout the organization, and ultimately designing a new corporate business model. In addition, he held roles as the Manager, Strategic Financial Planning at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and was a Senior Consultant with Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy and Operations group in Boston.
Mr. Mang has a BS in Healthcare Management and Policy from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business Administration. He currently serves on the board of DECA Dental.
Rita Mangalick
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Rita Mangalick is a Managing Director and the Global Head of ESG for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Mangalick focuses on ESG integration and sustainable investing approaches, ESG engagement with portfolio companies, and transparency on ESG analysis and reporting.
Prior to her current role, Ms. Mangalick led the design and implementation of Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing’s (BXMA) ESG program and worked with hedge fund managers to develop their ESG programs. She was also a member of BXMA’s Business & Financial Evaluation team, performing operational due diligence of hedge fund managers. Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Ms. Mangalick was a Director at UBS Asset Management. Ms. Mangalick was previously with Union Bancaire Privee after starting her career at KPMG.
Ms. Mangalick received her BA from The George Washington University.
Ganesh Mani
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - Mumbai
Ganesh Mani is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group based in Mumbai, where he focuses on pharma and healthcare, financial services, automotive, and energy transition sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Mani has been involved in Blackstone’s investments including Sona Comstar, Quality Care, KIMSHEALTH, ASK Asset and Wealth Management, Aadhar Housing Finance, Trans Maldivian Airways, IBS Software, International Tractors Limited, CMS Info Systems, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd., and Jagran Prakashan.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mani worked at The Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. Mani received a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Mr. Mani currently serves or has served on the Board of Directors of Sona Comstar, ASK Asset and Wealth Management, Quality Care, and KIMSHEALTH.
Harish Manwani
Sr. Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - Singapore
Harish Manwani is a Senior Operating Partner.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Manwani was the Chief Operating Officer of Unilever responsible for managing the P&L across all of Unilever’s global markets. Mr. Manwani spent thirty-eight years with Unilever, holding various senior general management positions globally, including overseeing Unilever’s businesses in Latin America, North America, Asia and Africa.
As a Senior Operating Partner, Mr. Manwani provides guidance to selected Blackstone portfolio companies across the world and assists in diligence of investment opportunities. In addition, he makes recommendations to the portfolio operations and advises the management teams of Blackstone’s Indian portfolio companies. Mr. Manwani serves on the Board of Directors of Gilead Sciences, Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, Tata Sons Private Limited and EDBI Pte Ltd. He is also chairman of the Executive Board of the Indian School of Business.
Mr. Manwani received a B.Sc. (Honors) degree from Bombay University and a Master’s degree in Management Studies. He has also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
David Marks
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
David Marks is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group based in New York. Mr. Marks is involved with U.S. Core+ portfolio management and focuses on Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT).
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Marks worked at Urban Edge Properties, where he was Vice President for Financial & Strategic Planning. Prior to that, Mr. Marks worked at Acadia Realty Trust and Site Centers in a variety of real estate acquisition, asset management and development roles.
Mr. Marks received a BS in Hotel Administration from Cornell University.
Tony Marone
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York 601 Lex
Anthony F. Marone, Jr. is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and the Head of Real Estate Finance Americas, based in New York. Mr. Marone also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), a non-traded public REIT, and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Marone was a Vice President and Controller at Capital Trust, Inc., the predecessor business to BXMT. Previously, Mr. Marone worked in the Real Estate Assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Mr. Marone received a B.S. and an MBA from Rutgers University and is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant.
David Marren
Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
David Marren is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit's Debt Funds Management Europe, formerly Harbourmaster Capital prior to its acquisition by Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in early 2012. He is a senior member of the Loan Operations area in Dublin, and is primarily involved with portfolio administration, cash management, loan settlements and all related areas and activities. Mr. Marren joined Harbourmaster in August 2007. Prior to that, he worked for Bank of New York as a Trust Associate in the Corporate Trusts area and as a WSO Administrator at JP Morgan. Mr. Marren also spent four years at AIB dealing with bank reconciliations for corporate clients.
Brad Marshall
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Brad Marshall is the Global Head of Private Credit Strategies, Chairman and Co-CEO of both the Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and the Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Marshall worked in various roles at RBC, including fixed income research and business development within RBC’s private equity funds effort. Prior to RBC, Mr. Marshall helped develop a private equity funds business for TAL Global, a Canadian asset management division of CIBC, and prior to that, he co-founded a microchip verification software company where he served as Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Marshall received an MBA from McGill University in Montreal and a BA (Honors) in Economics from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.
James Marullo
Managing Director
BXTI - New York
James Marullo is a Managing Director and Head of Global Technology Support within the Technology and Innovations group at Blackstone. He oversees the firm’s Service Desk, Support Analytics and Strategy, Executive Services, Desktop Support and Hardware Asset Management functions globally.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Marullo worked for AllianceBernstein where he provided technology support for the firm’s Retail and Marketing group, and executive support for the office of the Chief Operating Officer.
He received a BS in Electronics Engineering, with concentrations in Networking and Digital Systems Design from Johnson & Wales University.
Michael Matejek
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Michael Matejek is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Matejek worked at Goldman Sachs; first as a Repo and Interest Rate Product Desk Strategist in the Global Markets Division, and then as a Corporate Treasury Strategist where he co-ran Treasury Execution Strats and then later Deposit Modeling Strats.
Mr. Matejek received an AB in Physics (with Honors) from Princeton University and a PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Christoph Matern
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Christoph Matern is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Matern was a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners in New York for over 10 years, focused on investing across credit and special situations. Mr. Matern started his career in the Investment Banking team at J.P. Morgan in London.
Mr. Matern received an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his undergraduate degree in International Business Administration and a CEMS Master in International Management from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
Emily Mathews
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Emily Clarice Ho Mathews is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group and the General Counsel for Blackstone Strategic Partners.
Prior to her current role, Ms. Mathews focused on Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA). Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Mathews was an Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in the Private Funds Group, where her practice focused on organizing and advising private investment funds, including buyout funds and other “alternative asset” investment vehicles. In addition to representing sponsors in their fund formation and management activities, Ms. Mathews also advised institutional investors regarding their private equity investments.
Ms. Mathews received a BA in Psychology from Yale University and a JD from Harvard Law School.
Scott Mathias
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Scott Mathias is a Managing Director and Co-Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone Real Estate and serves as the Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary for Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Mathias was an Associate in the Private Funds group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP where he advised and represented some of the largest and most well-known sponsors of private equity and hedge funds.
Mr. Mathias received a BBA in Marketing and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a JD from New York University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude.
Georgina Matthews
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Georgina Matthews is a Managing Director within Blackstone’s Real Estate Institutional Client Solutions team based in London. Ms. Matthews focuses on Blackstone Real Estate’s capital raising, investor relations and new business development initiatives in Europe.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Ms. Matthews spent ten years at Brookfield in their Private Funds Group.
Ms. Matthews holds a BA in French and Spanish from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Adam Mattina
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Adam Mattina is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Technology and Innovations group. He co-heads Blackstone’s Portfolio Technology Optimization team, which aims to optimize technology investment and reduce operating risk across Blackstone’s global portfolio of operating companies.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Mattina was the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at the firm and built multiple functional areas within the firm’s cybersecurity program. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mattina managed operations, training and recruitment of a global team of information security experts within the United States Department of Defense.
Mr. Mattina received an MBA from George Washington University and graduated with honors from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He serves on the Program Advisory Board of the Masters in Cybersecurity program at New York University and has held adjunct professor roles in the Masters of Cybersecurity programs at New York University and Stevenson University.
Jessica Mayer
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Ms. Mayer is a Managing Director and a member of the Investor Relations and Client Service team for Blackstone Credit’s Liquid Credit Strategies (“LCS”) unit, focused on LCS’s European funds and accounts. Ms. Mayer also assists with the business development efforts for these products. Previously, Ms. Mayer provided portfolio management support for LCS’s closed-end and exchange traded funds, and prior to that was involved with the structuring, monitoring and marketing of new funds and existing U.S. CLO transactions.
Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2007, Ms. Mayer worked at Morgan Stanley, where she was responsible for the warehousing of collateralized debt and loan obligations. Ms. Mayer was also a relationship manager, working with both internal and external clients to build and improve relationships.
Ms. Mayer received a B.S. in Business Administration from Villanova University, double majoring in Finance and Marketing with a minor in International Business.
Rob Mayer
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Rob Mayer is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations Group where he is focused on portfolio management and asset management for Blackstone's Private Equity investments in the healthcare sector.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mayer spent 8 years at UnitedHealth Group where he was most recently Senior Vice President & General Manager for Optum's Clinical Solutions/Value Based Care companies focused on serving Providers and Health Plans. Previously, he held roles at Optum leading Innovation, Health Plan services, and Payment Integrity. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mayer held strategy and operating roles at EmblemHealth, Ingenix, and AIM Healthcare.
Mr. Mayer received a BS in Occupational Therapy, magna cum laude, from East Carolina University.
Christopher Mazza
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Christopher Mazza is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Mazza worked at BlackRock as a Director within the Institutional Client Business, most recently as part of the Alternatives Specialists Group. Here he was responsible for business development and sales strategy for the hedge fund and private credit platforms. Mr. Mazza previously spent time with the firm’s Defined Contribution and US Wealth Advisory businesses.
Mr. Mazza received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Villanova University.
Megan McCann
Managing Director & CAO
Portfolio Operations - New York
Megan McCann is a Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer in the Portfolio Operations group. Ms. McCann is involved with the administrative management including resource allocation, recruiting and training, career development, performance reviews and compensation, and other administrative aspects of the group’s activities. Ms. McCann has held a variety of roles since joining the firm in 2011, initially working on Private Equity’s Investor Relations and Reporting team and more recently on Private Equity’s Valuations team.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Ms. McCann spent 6 years at Morgan Stanley focused on planning, analysis, and reporting for the Global Wealth Management division.
Ms. McCann received a dual BS in Finance and Marketing from Syracuse University.
David McClure
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
David McClure is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in London.
Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. McClure has been involved extensively in asset management of investments, both in Europe and Asia, and was previously Head of Asset Management for Asia. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. McClure was a Vice President at Silverpeak Real Estate, where he focused on asset management activities in the United Kingdom and France.
Mr. McClure received an Honours Degree in Law from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and is also a qualified accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Ryan McCracken
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - North Carolina
Ryan McCracken is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Private Wealth Solutions Group. Ryan is a member of the U.S. Sales Leadership Team and serves as Head of External Sales for the Private Wealth Management channel which includes wirehouses and private banks.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Ryan spent eight years as a Director at Wells Fargo Securities in the Market Linked Investments business. He started his career at Morgan Stanley in 1998 and served a variety of roles within the asset management business.
Ryan earned a BA and MBA from the University of Tennessee.
Julia McDowell
Managing Director
Finance - London
Julia McDowell is a Managing Director in Blackstone Internal Audit. She provides comprehensive risk assurance coverage of the Firm’s European business, inclusive of global audit and advisory reviews. She also partners with regional senior leadership to support strategic growth objectives.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. McDowell worked at BlackRock in both the New York and London offices, and most recently was their Head of Global Operations Audit. She was responsible for managing relationships with board and executive management across EMEA and overseeing audit coverage of the United Kingdom and European businesses. Prior to that, Ms. McDowell was an internal auditor at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers, covering Global Wealth Management and Finance.
Ms. McDowell graduated from Siena College with a BBA in Accounting and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Padraic McGovern
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Padraic McGovern is a Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Human Resources within the Technology and Innovations group. He is responsible for all aspects of technology across both Human Resources and the Strategic Incentives Group.
Mr. McGovern has been working with Blackstone since 2001. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. McGovern founded multiple startups which were focused on integration of marketing and technology services primarily in the financial sector.
He received a BA in Mathematics and a BAI in Engineering from Trinity College Dublin and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University.
Stephanie McGowan
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Stephanie McGowan is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group where she is currently focused on the asset management and oversight of Blackstone’s U.S. retail and gaming investments. She is also Co-Chair of Blackstone’s Women’s Initiative.
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. McGowan worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Real Estate Gaming & Lodging Investment Banking group.
Ms. McGowan received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she attended in the Honors Program, graduating with Highest Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa. She serves on the Board of Part of the Solution (POTS) Bronx.
Kristin McGrath
Managing Director
Real Estate - Chicago
Kristin McGrath is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group at Blackstone. Ms. McGrath is involved in global valuations and reporting functions across Blackstone’s opportunistic and core+ strategies.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Ms. McGrath was Global Head of Valuations and Portfolio Reporting Support at Revantage. She began by establishing the U.S. team and then expanded the function globally by establishing teams in Europe and Asia) Ms. McGrath began her career at Duff & Phelps in their Real Estate Advisory Group (REAG) focusing on independent commercial real estate valuation and consulting.
Ms. McGrath received a BS in Finance from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds an MAI designation for real estate valuations through the Appraisal Institute.
Aine McGrath
Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Áine McGrath is a Managing Director and Human Resources Business Partner supporting the Blackstone Private Equity, Growth and Portfolio Operations businesses. In this role, Áine partners with her clients and the global HR team to develop and implement talent strategies to drive business results, inclusive of culture, talent development and organizational design.
Before joining Blackstone, Áine worked at S&P Global for 13 years in a variety of senior roles including Senior HRBP for S&P Global Ratings and HR Business Process Management. Áine also worked at QBE Insurance as an HRBP and Global People Change Lead. Prior to relocating to New York in 2007, Áine held several HR positions in Dublin, Ireland, including five years as an HR Business Partner at Group Irish Life Insurance & Permanent, plc.
Áine received a Master’s degree in Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and Social Studies from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Brendan McIntee
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Brendan McIntee is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group where he currently focuses on new investment opportunities in the industrial/logistics sector across both the U.S. and Canada.
Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. McIntee has worked on real estate investments across several property sectors in Europe, Canada, and the United States, including the acquisition of GE Capital’s real estate business, the privatizations of Strategic Hotels and WPT Industrial REIT, as well as a variety of other transactions contributing to the growth of Blackstone's industrial platforms in the U.S. (Link Logistics) and Canada (Pure Industrial).
Mr. McIntee graduated from Harvard College with an AB in Economics.
Gordon McKemie
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Gordon McKemie is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. McKemie is a portfolio manager of the exchange-traded funds in the Liquid Credit Strategies unit.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. McKemie was an Associate in Leveraged Finance at Citigroup and an Assistant Vice President in high yield research at Barclays Capital. He began his career at Lehman Brothers.
Mr. McKemie received a BBA with a concentration in Finance from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Joseph McKnight
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Joseph McKnight is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. McKnight is the Portfolio Manager for the Insurance Direct Lending and Asset Based Credit portfolios. His primary responsibilities include portfolio construction, evaluation of investments, and structuring.
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. McKnight served as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, where he focused on private equity and proprietary direct investments in power generation and renewable energy within the firm’s J. Aron commodity division.
Mr. McKnight received a BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with academic honors.
Daniel McMullen
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Daniel McMullen is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Loan Strategies for Liquid Credit Strategies in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. McMullen is also Senior Portfolio Manager for multi-strategy separately managed accounts, commingled funds, and exchanged traded funds. Mr. McMullen sits on the Global Syndicated Credit and Global Structured Credit & CLO Origination Investment Committees.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2002, Mr. McMullen worked at CIBC World Markets, most recently as a Director and Senior Investment Analyst for the structured investment vehicles managed by Trimaran Advisors, L.L.C. Prior to that, Mr. McMullen was a Director in the Investment Banking Group at CIBC, specializing in the aerospace and defense industries. Before joining CIBC in 1996, Mr. McMullen was employed at The Chase Manhattan Bank where he worked in the Corporate Finance Healthcare Group.
Mr. McMullen received a BA from the University of Rochester, where he graduated cum laude, and is a CFA Charterholder.
Catherine McNulty
Sr. Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Catherine McNulty is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Marketing in Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group. Before joining Blackstone, Catherine was a Managing Director, Global Head of Marketing and Product Management for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. In this role, she was responsible for driving the marketing strategy for the firm’s traditional and alternative platforms across institutional and retail client segments. Before that she worked at Deutsche Bank, now DWS, and Legg Mason in channel marketing roles.
Catherine received a BS from Skidmore College and an MBA from Fordham University.
Margaret McSpadden
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Margaret McSpadden is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance group and supports Blackstone’s Credit business. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. McSpadden has been involved in strategic transactions, fund structuring and related projects, investment transactions, and other legal and compliance matters.
Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, Ms. McSpadden worked as an associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York, representing both sponsors and lenders in M&A and leverage finance transactions, and prior to Willkie, worked as a corporate associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York, representing lenders in leverage finance transactions.
Ms. McSpadden received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Duke University in 2008 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2011.
Prakhar Mehrotra
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - San Francisco
Prakhar Mehrotra is the Managing Director of Applied AI at Blackstone. He is responsible for helping Blackstone's portfolio companies apply AI and capitalize on this powerful technology.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Prakhar served as Corporate Vice President and Head of Applied AI for Walmart US. He led Walmart's team to win the prestigious Franz Edelman Prize 2023 by Institute of Operations Research and Managment Sciences (INFORMS) for its work on supply chain optimization. Prior to Walmart, he led the AI group at Uber. He started his career as data scientist at Twitter.
Prakhar holds PhD in Aeronautics from California Institute of Technology, Pasadena and Master's from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris. He is a two time recipient of the Edelman Medal (2020, 2023) and IEEE Senior Member. He serves on the peer review committee for major AI conferences (ICLR, AAMAS, CVPR, INFORMS). He was named in the AI 100 list as top people in Artificial Intelligence. During his graduate studies, he was awarded the Ernest E. Sechler Award in Aeronautics by Caltech and the Gaspard Monge Medal from Ecole Polytechnique.
Mukesh Mehta
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - Mumbai
Mukesh Mehta is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and is based in Mumbai. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Mehta has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in IGI, R Systems, VFS Global, PGP Glass, Aadhar, Simplilearn, Xpressbees and TaskUS Inc where he also serves as a Director on the boards.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mehta worked as a Vice President with The Carlyle Group in their Private Equity division. During his 10–year stint at Carlyle he was involved in several transactions, including investments in SBI Cards, HDFC, IIFL and PNBHF. Prior to Carlyle he worked in the Investment Banking Division at Citigroup and the Assurance & Business Advisory Group at PwC.
Mr. Mehta is a Chartered Accountant, with a Master’s Degree in Commerce from Mumbai University. He has also completed CFA (AIMR-USA).
Seth Meisel
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Mr. Meisel is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity group based in New York. Mr. Meisel heads Blackstone’s private equity transactions in the Industrials sector and has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in AIR Control Concepts, Chamberlain, Cloverleaf Cold Storage, Copeland, Gates, and Interior Logic Group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Meisel was a partner at Bain Capital focused on the Industrials sector. He has served as a director on the boards of public companies Gates, Sensata Technologies, Trinseo, and Veritiv as well as on the boards of several private companies and non-profit organizations.
Mr. Meisel currently serves on the boards of AIR Control Concepts, Chamberlain, Copeland, Gates, and Interior Logic Group as well as on the boards of non-profits The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, The Opportunity Network, and City Year New York. Additionally, he is an active member of the Saltaire Volunteer Fire Company. Previously, he was with Mercer Management Consulting (Oliver Wyman) in New York and Hong Kong.
Mr. Meisel received a BA in Economics from Princeton University cum laude and an MBA from Harvard Business School with High Distinction as a Baker Scholar.
Prakash Melwani
Sr. Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer
Private Equity - New York
Prakash A. Melwani is the Global Chief Investment Officer of the Private Equity Group and is also the Executive Chairman of the firm’s Private Equity business in Asia. Since joining Blackstone in 2003, Mr. Melwani has led a number of the firm’s investments including Texas Genco, Ariel Re, Pinnacle Foods, Performance Food Group, Crocs and Ascend Learning. He serves as Chairman of Ascend Learning. Mr. Melwani received a First Class Honors degree in Economics from Cambridge University, England, and an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar and a Loeb Rhodes Fellow.
Mr. Melwani serves on the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School, the President's Council on International Activities at Yale University, and the Board of Cambridge in America. He has been elected an Honorary Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University and has been appointed an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School.
He sits on the Board of the International Rescue Committee and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Nick Menzies
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Nicholas Menzies is a Senior Managing Director and leads consumer and residential real estate credit investments for the Infrastructure and Asset Based Credit unit within Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Mr. Menzies joined Blackstone in 2016 and previously led investments in residential real estate credit for Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Menzies was a Senior Vice President at H/2 Capital Partners, an institutional investment manager focused on real estate structured credit. While at H/2, he was responsible for the trading and structuring of the firm’s real estate related debt securities. Prior to that, Mr. Menzies was an Associate at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. on the CMBS secondary trading desk.
Mr. Menzies received a BA in Economics from Georgetown University. Mr. Menzies currently serves on the Board of Directors of LendingOne and Encore Finance.
Anthony Merhige
Sr. Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Harvest - Pennsylvania
Anthony Merhige is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone, serving as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Harvest Fund Advisors, Blackstone’s publicly traded MLP and Yield-Oriented Investment Platform. Having joined Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Merhige oversees the business development and investor relations functions of Harvest, as well as the day-to-day management of Harvest’s operations.
Before joining Harvest in 2005, Mr. Merhige was the Chief Operating Officer of the Vivum Group. Prior to that Mr. Merhige was an Associate at the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP, where his practice focused on a wide variety of commercial matters, including antitrust mergers and acquisition counseling for national and multinational corporations.
Mr. Merhige holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University and a JD from the Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Ashley Messig
Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Ashley Messig is a Managing Director and Global Head of Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) Human Resources based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Ashley was the Global HR Business Partner for Credit at BlackRock. Ashley has over twenty years of experience across HR in financial services. Prior to BlackRock, she served in various talent management roles focused on developing and executing comprehensive talent development strategies, training, and performance improvement solutions to support business objectives and drive revenue growth. Ashley began her career in the Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs and Pine Street, their Leadership Development Group.
Ashley received a BA in Public Policy from Duke University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Olivier Meyohas
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - Berkeley Square House London
Olivier F. Meyohas is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA), where he heads the BXMA London office and focuses on fundraising initiatives in Europe.
Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Mr. Meyohas spent 16 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as a Managing Director. He held several senior positions in the Capital Markets group, with his last role being Co-Head of the Pension Advisory Group.
Mr. Meyohas received a BA (Hons) in Modern History from Pembroke College, Oxford University and is a member of the Investment Committee for the College.
Kevin Michel
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Kevin Michel is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group. Mr. Michel is actively involved in the legal structuring and management of Blackstone’s retail-focused funds, with a particular focus on investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Michel was an Associate in the Asset Management Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where he focused on the formation and operation of hedge funds and registered investment companies.
Mr. Michel received a BA in History from Yale University and a JD from the University of Richmond School of Law.
Evan Middleton
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
Mr. Middleton is a Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group, where he focuses on executing transactions in the industrials and business services verticals. Mr. Middleton currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sustana Group and Trimark USA.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Middleton was at The Carlyle Group, most recently as a Partner and Co-Head of North America for Carlyle Strategic Partners, where he led a number of investments including control, minority, and structured equity transactions across a broad range of industries. He previously served on the Board of Directors of companies spanning a wide variety of sectors, including AFG Holdings, Guitar Center, LA Fitness, Liberty Tire, NORDAM Group, and Prime Clerk, among others. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Middleton was with American Securities and Evercore Partners, and he began his career at Bowles Hollowell Conner.
Mr. Middleton received a BS in mathematics and economics, with a minor in Japanese language, from the University of Virginia.
Anna Mignot
Managing Director
Human Resources - London
Anna Mignot is a Managing Director and Head of Human Resources for Blackstone’s offices in Europe and the Middle East, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Ms. Mignot has been involved in a wide number of areas for the HR function, including recruiting, employment law matters and employee relations, and immigration.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Mignot worked at The Boston Consulting Group as a Senior Recruiter, and at Teach First as a Senior Graduate Recruitment Officer, overseeing the selection of graduate intake. Ms. Mignot received a B.A. in Music from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Craig Miller
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Craig Miller is the Corporate Controller and Senior Managing Director in Finance for Blackstone. Mr. Miller heads all Blackstone Corporate Accounting functions, which includes the accounting, tax, and financial reporting for general partner and management company entities, treasury finance, expense accounting and the firm’s quarterly consolidation process. In addition to Corporate Accounting, Mr. Miller co-heads Financial Planning & Analysis. Mr. Miller is also involved with several compliance related matters and was involved with the firm's initial public offering.
Before joining Blackstone in 2001, Mr. Miller worked in the Financial Services group at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he provided auditing and accounting services to global investment companies.
Mr. Miller received a BS in Accounting as well as a MS in Taxation from St. John's University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Chaim Miller
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Chaim Miller is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Global Tax Planning. Since joining Blackstone in 2009, Mr. Miller has been involved in the development and implementation of global tax planning strategies for the firm, the firm’s funds and the firm’s portfolio companies. Mr. Miller is also the Chief Operating Officer of the firm’s Global Tax group, responsible for administration of our global tax function.
Before joining Blackstone in 2009, Mr. Miller worked as a Vice President in the New Product Development group at Merrill Lynch & Co. In that role, he developed and executed alternative structures and platforms to achieve tax, accounting and regulatory efficiency for various fixed-income products. Prior to that, he was an Associate in the Tax group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Mr. Miller received a J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent Scholar.
Alan Milstein
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Alan Milstein is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Milstein is responsible for trading U.S. leveraged loans and overseeing U.S. secondary market trading activities for BXCI.
Mr. Milstein joined Blackstone in 2005 from RBC. At RBC, Mr. Milstein was a Vice President in the Debt Investments group with similar responsibilities. Previously, Mr. Milstein worked at Indosuez Capital, where he was responsible for trading high yield bond assets in various portfolios. Prior to that, Mr. Milstein worked at Prudential Securities as a high yield bond trader.
Mr. Milstein received a BS in Business Administration from the University of Albany and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University.
Eugene Min
Managing Director
Real Estate - Singapore
Eugene Min is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate Asia, based in Singapore. Mr. Min previously served as Blackstone’s Head of Business Finance for Asia supporting the Real Estate, Private Equity and Tactical Opportunities businesses.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Min worked at CLSA Capital Partners, a multi-strategy alternative investment platform, as their Chief Financial Officer based in Hong Kong. Prior to that, Mr. Min spent 13 years at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in various capacities in their Global Real Assets Group initially in New York and subsequently in Hong Kong. Prior to that, Mr. Min started his career at Ernst & Young in New York as an auditor in their Financial Services Group.
Mr. Min received a B.S. in Business and Economics from Lehigh University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Zaheen Mir
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Zaheen Mir is a Managing Director and Head of Structuring for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. He is involved in structuring investment assets and delivering structured solutions for borrowers and investors across the BXCI platform.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Mir was the Head of Global Institutional Structuring at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Mir is a graduate of Imperial College London with a master’s in Mathematics.
Anindya Mishra
Managing Director
BXCI - Houston
Anindya Mishra is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and Chief Operating Officer of the Sustainable Resources Group. He is involved with private and public investments in energy transition, renewable energy, and sustainability sectors.
Before joining Blackstone Credit in 2015, Mr. Mishra worked for First Reserve helping invest capital in the energy equipment, manufacturing and services sectors. Before First Reserve, Mr. Mishra worked for Deutsche Bank’s natural resources investment banking group, where he worked on multiple M&A and financing transactions.
Mr. Mishra received a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Thomas Mitta
Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Thomas (TJ) Mitta is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. Mr. Mitta is focused on the research and management of Corporate Bond Strategies’ (BCBS) portfolios.
Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Mitta focused on research and management of systematic credit portfolios at DCI. Before joining DCI, Mr. Mitta was responsible for alpha research and portfolio management for long-short systematic investment strategies at BlackRock. Before BlackRock, Mr. Mitta was a Quantitative Researcher at Goldman Sachs, where he worked on corporate bond strategies and capital structure arbitrage models. Mr. Mitta started his career in the POINT group in Fixed Income at Barclays Capital.
Mr. Mitta received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), M.S. degrees in Finance, Mechanical Engineering, and Mathematics from Princeton, Cornell, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, respectively, as well as a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Atsushi Miura
Managing Director
Real Estate - Tokyo
Atsushi Miura is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is based in Tokyo. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Miura was a director at Fortress Investment Group, responsible for acquisitions and asset management of real estate investments throughout Japan. Mr. Miura started his career in the investment banking group at Merrill Lynch with a focus on real estate capital market transactions. Mr. Miura received a BA in law from University of Tokyo.
Alan Miyasaki
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Singapore
Alan Miyasaki is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and the Head of Real Estate Asia Acquisitions. Mr. Miyasaki is based in Singapore and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Real Estate group’s investment activities in Asia.
Since joining Blackstone in 2001, Mr. Miyasaki has been involved in a variety of real estate transactions in both the United States and Asia. Since 2007, Mr. Miyasaki has played a key role in building Blackstone’s Real Estate business in Asia including executing investments in Greater China, India, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Miyasaki was with Starwood Capital Group, where he worked in acquisitions. Mr. Miyasaki received a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated cum laude. He currently serves on the boards of Crown Resorts Ltd and the Wharton Alumni Executive Board.
Shary Moalemzadeh
Sr. Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
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.
Peter Moeller
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Incentives Group - New York
Peter Moeller is a Senior Managing Director in the Strategic Incentives Group. Mr. Moeller was previously a Director of Financial Analysis in the Finance Group, where he was involved in various strategic planning projects for the firm, including the firm's Initial Public Offering.
Mr. Moeller received a BBA in Finance from James Madison University.
Asheesh Mohta
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Mumbai
Asheesh Mohta is the Head of Real Estate Acquisitions India, based in Mumbai. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Mohta has been involved in analyzing real estate investments across the residential, commercial, and hospitality sectors.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mohta worked as Assistant Vice President with the real estate arm of The Chatterjee Group, one of the first private equity investors in India. He was responsible for the treasury and resource raising functions for the group across a pan-Indian portfolio of properties.
Mr. Mohta received a Bachelor’s of Commerce (honours) degree from the University of Calcutta and an MBA from the Indian School of Business.
Jameson Mones
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Jameson L. Mones is a Senior Managing Director and the Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Partners’ private equity strategies. Mr. Mones joined Strategic Partners in 2006. He sits on the Investment Committee for each of Strategic Partners’ funds and is an advisory board member of multiple funds.
Before joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Mones attended the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, where he was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma and graduated with a BS magna cum laude in Finance and Economics. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Friends of Governors Island and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council.
Nik Morandi
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - Berkeley Square House London
Nik Morandi is a Senior Managing Director within Blackstone’s Strategic Partners team and leads the private equity investment activities for Strategic Partners in Europe. Nik is based in London.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Nik led the secondaries business in Europe for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board since joining the firm in 2016, with responsibility for all transaction-related activities. Before joining CPPIB, he was a Partner at Pantheon and a member of the firm’s global secondaries investment committee, where he also led the firm’s Portfolio Strategy and Research teams. Prior to joining Pantheon in 2007, Nik spent a number of years in the M&A departments of both UBS and Société Générale.
Nik received a BSc in Economics from the LSE and an MPhil in European Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
Scott Morenstein
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Scott Morenstein is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Morenstein previously served as Managing Director at CAM Capital, where he led biotechnology investing since November 2013. Prior to joining CAM Capital, Mr. Morenstein served as managing director at Valence Advantage Life Sciences Fund from January 2012 to November 2013. Prior to Valence Advantage Life Sciences Fund, he served as principal at Caxton Advantage Venture Partners from 2007 until 2011. Prior to that, he served as an investment banking associate and founding member of Seaview Securities from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Morenstein began his career at Lehman Brothers as a healthcare investment banker and equity research analyst, where he worked from 2000 to 2002.
Mr. Morenstein holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in the Biological Basis of Behavior.
Oleg Morodokhin
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Oleg Morodokhin is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Morodokhin is responsible for the credit research and portfolio management of municipal fixed income securities.
Oleg previously worked at UBS Asset Management where he was the Head of Municipal Credit overseeing a research group as well as a Portfolio Manager for Separately Managed Accounts. Previously, Mr. Morodokhin worked at Dexia Credit Local, where he was responsible for evaluating credit risk for public finance, project finance, direct lending, and derivatives transactions.
Mr. Morodokhin received a BBA in Finance from Pace University. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2017.
Austin Morris
Managing Director
Real Estate - Chicago
Austin Morris is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Asset Management group. He is focused on executive compensation across the global portfolio of real estate operating companies.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Morris worked at Ferguson Partners where he co-led the company’s compensation consulting practice. Mr. Morris began his career with Deloitte.
Mr. Morris received a BS from Loyola University in Chicago.
Thomas Morrison
Sr. Managing Director
BX Private Equity Strategies - New York
Thomas Morrison is a Senior Managing Director and the President of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (BXPE), a fund which provides investors with a diversified portfolio of private investments.
Mr. Morrison joined Blackstone in 2011 to lead the firm’s Equity Capital Markets activities across our businesses globally. In 2020, he joined the firm’s Private Wealth Solutions group to focus on senior relationships with private wealth investment firms, and strategic initiatives focused on expanding access with new products, geographies, model portfolios, co-investments, and capital markets.
He is an Advisory Council Member for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, an Advisory Board Member for the Kellogg Finance Network, and is Co-Chairman of the Friends of Harvard Basketball.
Mr. Morrison received a BA from Harvard College, majoring in Economics. He also received an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, with majors in Management, Finance, and Marketing. Mr. Morrison also studied at the University of London, University College.
Paul Morrissey
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Growth - London
Paul Morrissey is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Growth. Paul is based in London and leads Blackstone Growth in Europe.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Paul was a partner at Battery Ventures, focusing on later-stage growth equity investments. From 2012 to 2016, Paul was based in Battery’s San Francisco office before moving to London in 2016 to open Battery’s presence in Europe. At Battery Ventures, Paul was involved in Battery portfolio companies including Guardsquare, InCloudCounsel, PageUp, PrimeRevenue, Quinyx, Shippeo, Intacct (acquired by Sage), WebPT (acquired by Warburg Pincus), Gainsight (acquired by Vista Equity Partners) and Nitro (ASX:NTO). Prior to Battery, Paul spent time with Goldman Sachs’ investment-banking division focusing on the technology, media and telecom sectors.
Paul graduated from Stanford University, where he earned a BS in economics and played four years on the varsity men’s tennis team.
Alexander Moseley
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Alexander Moseley is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Moseley worked as an emerging market debt Portfolio Manager and Senior Sovereign Specialist at Schroders, a Senior Portfolio Manager-Sovereign at ICE Canyon, and a Vice President at AllianceBernstein. Mr. Moseley served as a senior financial and economic analyst in the Emerging Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and in the International Affairs Office at the U.S. Treasury. He started his career in investment banking at TM Capital Corp.
Mr. Moseley received a BA Magna Cum Laude in Government (International Relations) and Russian & Eastern European Studies from Cornell University. He received a MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in International Economics.
Michael Mostert
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Switzerland
Michael Mostert is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group. Private Wealth Solutions’ mission is to bring institutional quality products across a broad spectrum of alternative asset classes to individual investors and their advisors.
Mr. Mostert joined Blackstone in 2021. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mostert worked for seven years in Sales & Distribution at Schroders where he focused primarily on raising capital for mutual funds, hedge funds and private market funds from intermediary investors in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Prior to that, Mr. Mostert started his professional career in corporate and investment banking where he spent three years at Barclays Capital in Zurich and London and before those three years at BNP Paribas in Zurich and Paris.
Mr. Mostert received a Master of Science Degree from University of St. Gallen where he majored in Banking and Finance.
Jesse Motion
Managing Director
ICS - London
Jesse Motion is a Managing Director within Blackstone’s Private Equity Institutional Client Solutions team based in London. Jesse focuses on Blackstone’s Private Equity capital raising and investor relations initiatives in Europe.
Before joining Blackstone, Jesse worked at BlackRock where he had a number of roles in New York, Dubai and London – most recently Jesse was a Director and Head of UK and Irish Family Offices in the BlackRock Family Office Group. Prior to joining BlackRock, Jesse was a private equity lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
Jesse completed an M.A. in Modern History at the University of St Andrews and a Graduate Diploma in Law & Legal Practice at BPP Law School.
Rory Mouat
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Rory Mouat is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Legal team and plays a key role in the legal structuring and management of new and existing investments within Blackstone’s real estate portfolio in the Americas.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Mouat was an Associate at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, practicing in the real estate group with a wide practice scope including joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and financings on behalf of both borrowers and lenders.
Mr. Mouat received a BA with High Honors from UC Berkeley and a JD cum laude from NYU School of Law.
Michael Mount
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Michael Mount is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. Mr. Mount works with a team of London-based deal attorneys focused on execution and transaction support. Mr. Mount is involved with corporate restructuring efforts within European Private Credit and has worked on a number of complex workout situations.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mount was an Associate at the law firm White & Case LLP, where he worked on a number of national and cross-border restructurings and insolvency mandates.
Mr. Mount received his MA (Cantab) degree in Law from the University of Cambridge and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.
Bill Mulrow
Senior Advisory Director
Government Relations - New York
William Mulrow is a Senior Advisory Director to Blackstone. Most recently he served as Secretary to New York State Governor Cuomo, and previously was a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Mulrow worked in senior positions at Citi, Paladin Capital Group, Gabelli Asset Management, Rothschild Inc., and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Mr. Mulrow received an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA from Yale University where he graduated cum laude and was a Rhodes Scholar Finalist.
JP Munfa
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
John-Paul (JP) Munfa is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group, where he is focused on energy transition and climate solutions investments.
Since joining Blackstone’s private equity business in 2006, Mr. Munfa has been involved in the execution of several of Blackstone’s private equity investments in the energy sector, including Cheniere Energy Partners, Sabre Industries, Kinetik Holdings, Cliff Swallow, the Rover Pipeline, the Grand Prix Pipeline, the Permian Highway Pipeline, Global Offshore Wind, GridLiance, Utility OneSource, Lonestar Generation, and PBF Energy. Mr. Munfa is currently a director of Sabre Industries and Kinetik Holdings.
Prior to focusing on the energy sector, Mr. Munfa was also involved in the execution of Blackstone’s private equity investments across a range of industries, including Apria Healthcare, TRW Automotive, and Seaworld Parks & Entertainment. Prior to joining Blackstone’s Private Equity Group, Mr. Munfa worked in Blackstone’s Restructuring & Reorganization Group from 2004-2006.
Mr. Munfa received an AB in Economics from Harvard College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Brian Munson
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Miami
Brian Munson is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions group, working with independent wealth managers in the Southeast region.
Before joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Munson spent many years with Putnam Investments and Capital Group and has over 27 years in the investment management industry.
Mr. Munson is a graduate of Hamilton College in NY and holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) designation.
Tomoki Murai
Managing Director
BXCI - Tokyo
Tomoki Murai is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Tokyo.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Murai worked at JP Morgan Securities in Tokyo, where he was an Executive Director in the Financial Institutions Group, Investment Banking. Prior to rejoining JP Morgan Securities in 2016, he spent 10 years with Merrill Lynch Japan Securities. He initially joined JP Morgan Securities in 2003 as an Analyst.
Mr. Murai received a master's degree in Public Policy from Tohoku University, Graduate School of Law and bachelor's degrees in Chemistry from Sophia University.
Jonathan Murphy
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - London
Jonathan Murphy joined Blackstone in 2021 and is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group, based in London. Mr. Murphy focuses on investments in the Technology and Financial Technology industries.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Murphy spent over eight years at Francisco Partners, a US based private equity fund that focuses on investments in the technology industry. While at Francisco Partners, Mr. Murphy was involved in the firm’s investments in Civitas Learning, Dynamo Software, eFront, Lucidworks and Operative. Prior to this, Mr. Murphy worked at CPPIB in the Direct Investment Group and Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking Division.
Mr. Murphy received a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Dublin where he graduated with First Class Honors. He currently sits on the boards of Dynamo Software and Paysafe.
A.J. Murphy
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
A.J. Murphy is the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Private Equity, based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, Mrs. Murphy served as Head of Markets at Standard Industries. Prior to that, she was a partner at Silver Lake Technologies. Mrs. Murphy spent the first 20 years of her career in banking, largely on the leveraged finance and high yield capital markets side. She worked at Bankers Trust/DB, JP Morgan, was a partner at Goldman Sachs and was most recently the Global Head of Capital Markets for Bank of America.
Mrs. Murphy graduated from Middlebury College where she earned a B.A. as a joint major in Political Science and English Literature, and where she currently serves as a Trustee. She is also a board member for the Posse Foundation.
Grant Murray
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Grant Murray is a Managing Director on the Institutional Client Solutions team, focused on capital raising efforts for Blackstone’s Real Estate funds.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Murray was a Managing Director at Hines, where he raised equity capital for Joint Ventures and Funds globally. Prior to Hines, Mr. Murray Led Private Capital Markets (PCM) initiatives within Morgan Stanley’s real estate investment banking division.
Mr. Murray received an AB from Princeton University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
Todd Myers
Sr. Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Todd Myers is the Chief Operating Officer of Private Wealth Solutions based in New York. Mr. Myers is also responsible for the international private wealth business. Previously, he was Global Head of Strategic Incentives for Blackstone managing the firm’s compensation and incentives programs. Prior to this role, Mr. Myers was Corporate CFO of the firm. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Myers was the Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Head of Business Development and Strategy, leading corporate strategy and acquisitions globally. Mr. Myers graduated from Brown University with a BA in Economics.
Eric Nadan
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Eric Nadan is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. As a member of BXCI’s Asset Management Group, Mr. Nadan is principally involved in managing investments in the BXCI portfolio across a diverse range of industries.
Before joining Blackstone, in 2012, Mr. Nadan worked as a Principal at Diamond Castle Partners, focusing on middle-market private equity investing. Previously, he was an Associate at Forstmann Little & Co., an Analyst at DLJ Investment Partners, CSFB Private Equity's mezzanine investment fund, and an Analyst in the investment banking division at CSFB, in the Financial Sponsors Group.
Mr. Nadan graduated with a BS in Economics, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Nagelberg
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Michael Nagelberg is the Global Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate Institutional Client Solutions. Since joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Nagelberg has held roles in both New York and London and previously served as the Global Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. Prior to that, he was involved in sourcing, underwriting, negotiating, and structuring real estate debt investments across the United States and Europe.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Nagelberg focused on real estate debt investments in the United States at TPG and prior to that was in Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Special Situations Group.
Mr. Nagelberg graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Economics and Finance.
Eli Nagler
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Eli Nagler is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group, where he leads investments in the Technology and Financial Services sectors. Since initially joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Nagler has been involved in the execution of the firm’s investments in Alight Solutions, BankUnited, Bayview Asset Management, Ellucian, Exeter Finance, IntraFi Network, Lendmark Financial Services, MB Aerospace, Paysafe, Refinitiv, Renaissance Learning, Sphera, Tradeweb, Viva Capital, Vivint, and Vivint Solar. He currently serves as a Director of Ellucian, IntraFi Network, Paysafe, Renaissance Learning, and Sphera.
Before rejoining Blackstone after the completion of an MBA, Mr. Nagler worked at the United States Treasury Department in the Office of Capital Markets.
Mr. Nagler received an AB magna cum laude from Harvard College and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a John L. Loeb Fellow. He is a former Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Partnership for New York City Rockefeller Fellow.
Kamal Naqvi
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - Sydney
Kamal Naqvi is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone and leads Institutional Client Solutions for Australia and New Zealand. He also serves as an advisor to the Hedge Fund Solutions Group (BAAM), having previously been a portfolio manager primarily responsible for commodity investments.
Before joining Blackstone in London in 2015, Mr. Naqvi worked in a range of senior trading, sales and research roles for Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital and Macquarie Bank. He began his career at the Tasmanian State Government Department of Development and Resources.
Mr. Naqvi holds degrees in Law and in Economics (with honours) from the University of Tasmania.
Valerie Naratil
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Valerie Naratil is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Naratil helps oversee the Liquid Credit Strategies Product Management team.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Naratil worked at UBS Investment Bank, advising corporate clients across the Healthcare industry.
Ms. Naratil received a BA in Computing and the Arts from Yale University, magna cum laude.
Tyler Neff
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Tyler Neff is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Neff worked at Axonic Capital as a Portfolio Manager for their hedge fund, long-only and separately managed accounts. Mr. Neff began his career as an Analyst at Plural Investments.
Mr. Neff received a BA in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Virginia.
Jason Neider
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Jason Neider is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Neider is focused on sourcing, analyzing, executing, and monitoring private credit and equity investments across a diverse range of industries.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Neider was an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley’s Private Credit Group focused on private credit and equity investments. Previously he was an Associate at Stone Tower Equity Partners, a middle market private equity fund, and an Analyst in Morgan Stanley’s Leveraged and Acquisition Finance Group.
Mr. Neider holds a BBA from Emory University and an MBA from Columbia University.
Chelsea Nelson
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Chelsea B. Nelson is a Managing Director at Blackstone Credit and Global Chief Operating Officer of the Blackstone Credit Institutional Client Solutions group. Since joining Blackstone Credit, in 2016, Ms. Nelson has focused on marketing and client relationships.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Nelson was an Associate on the Investment Team at Octagon Credit Investors and previously was an Analyst in the Fixed Income Sales & Trading Group at Morgan Stanley.
Ms. Nelson earned her BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Richmond, where she graduated cum laude, and is a CFA Charterholder.
Nentcho Nentchev
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Nentcho Nentchev is a Senior Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Nentchev has been involved in LP relations strategy and supporting business development and fund-raising for Blackstone’s private investment funds. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Nentchev worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP where he was an associate. Mr. Nentchev received a BS from the University of Redlands and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
Marshall Nevins
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Marshall Nevins is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group. Mr. Nevins currently focuses on new investment opportunities in the self-storage and office sectors.
Before joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Nevins was a Managing Director at Northwood Investors based in New York. Mr. Nevins began his career as an Analyst in the Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking group at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Nevins graduated from Georgetown University, where he received a BS in Finance.
Kristan Nevins
Managing Director
Government Relations - DC
Kristan Nevins is a Managing Director of Government Relations. Ms. Nevins helps navigate political, legislative, and regulatory risk for the firm and provides advice to portfolio companies on related matters.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Nevins served in a variety of senior staff positions at the White House and on Capitol Hill, and most recently she was the White House Cabinet Secretary. Prior to joining the White House, she was a Chief of Staff on Capitol Hill and Chief of Staff to the Second Lady in the Office of the Vice President. Before returning to public service in the Office of the Vice President, she was at SBD Advisors where she was Director of Strategy. Her national security credentials hail from the Central Intelligence Agency, where she worked on Middle East and North Africa transnational issues, including counter proliferation, counterterrorism and cyber operations.
Ms. Nevins holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Brett Newman
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Brett Newman is the Global Head of Real Estate Institutional Client Solutions. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Newman has held roles across several areas of the firm, including the Corporate Development Group where he executed acquisitions, joint ventures and product development initiatives on behalf of Blackstone.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Newman provided mergers and acquisitions consulting services at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mr. Newman received an MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a BSBA in finance and accounting from Bowling Green State University.
Craig Newman
Managing Director
Real Estate - Sydney
Craig Newman is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group, based in Sydney. Before joining Blackstone Mr. Newman was the Fund Manager for a wholesale office fund with Charter Hall and, prior to that, the Head of Asset Management for the group’s Office and Industrial portfolios. Before Charter Hall, Mr. Newman was a Division Director and Head of Portfolio Management with Macquarie Group where he was involved in the asset management of property portfolios located in Australia, Europe and Japan. Mr. Newman received a Bachelor of Business (Property) from RMIT University and is an Associate member of the Australian Property Institute.
Melanie Ng
Managing Director
Finance - Singapore
Melanie Ng is a Managing Director in the Finance Group and is the APAC Head of International Finance based in Singapore. Ms. Ng focuses on the management of Finance Operations including accounting, treasury, tax, corporate and regulatory reporting for Blackstone’s APAC corporate entities. Ms. Ng also leads Finance for Blackstone's Credit & Insurance and Private Wealth Solutions APAC businesses, supporting Blackstone semi-liquid strategies in APAC. Ms. Ng is a member of multiple boards.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Ms. Ng worked at BlackRock in Singapore as their Head of Finance for South East Asia, Korea and Taiwan. Before her 5 year career at Blackrock, she spent 5 years at MGPA as the Global Business Controller. Prior to that, Ms. Ng held various senior finance roles at Nomura and Lend Lease, both in Australia and Singapore.
Ms. Ng received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Pete Nicholson
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - Dallas
Pete Nicholson is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations group. Mr. Nicholson is involved in value creation initiatives and advisory services that seek to drive long-term growth objectives across Blackstone's portfolio of companies with a focus on pricing strategy and operations.
Over a career spanning almost two decades, working with many of the industry's highest-growth technology companies, Mr. Nicholson has helped to create some of the most innovative and impactful pricing, go-to-market, and business model transformations. Prior to Blackstone, he led pricing and operations at companies including Sprinklr, Anaplan, Autodesk, and Salesforce.
Mr. Nicholson earned an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with a B.S. in Finance and Management.
William Nicholson
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
William Nicholson is a Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group, based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, he has been involved in the firm’s investments in the Digital Realty Development JV, SKYY Japan, Lumina CloudInfra, DECA Dental Group, Cryoport, La Trobe Financial, DCI Data Centers, Northview Group, Netherlands Residential, and Residomo. During his time at Blackstone Mr. Nicholson has also worked in the firm’s London, Singapore and Hong Kong offices.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Nicholson worked at Barclays Capital in their Technology, Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking Group. He holds a BA from Oxford University.
Tom Nides
Vice Chairman
Executive Offices - New York
Thomas R. Nides is a Vice Chairman, Strategy and Client Relations at Blackstone. He supports a variety of strategic firmwide initiatives, special projects and focus on senior client relationships globally.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Nides served as the United States’ Ambassador to Israel from 2021 to 2023. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at Morgan Stanley in various capacities including Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman. Nides was appointed Deputy Secretary of State and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. State Department by President Barack Obama and was awarded the nation’s highest diplomatic honor by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for his service. He has also previously been a senior leader at Credit Suisse, Fannie Mae, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and on Capitol Hill.
Nides currently serves on the boards of the Partnership for Public Service, the International Rescue Committee, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He formerly served as chairman of the board of the Woodrow Wilson Center. He received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
Ferdinand Niederhofer
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Ferdinand Niederhofer is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Technology Investing for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. Mr. Niederhofer has been with Blackstone since 2011 and has worked across the London, New York, and San Francisco offices.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Niederhofer worked in the Investment Banking and Global Capital Markets divisions for Morgan Stanley in London.
Mr. Niederhofer received a Business Administration degree from The University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD, France.
Anders Nielsen
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Berkeley Square House London
Anders Nielsen is a Managing Director and Head of EMEA Investment Strategy in Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions. Private Wealth Solutions’ mission is to bring institutional quality products across a broad spectrum of alternative asset classes to individual investors and their advisors. Mr. Nielsen joined Blackstone in 2022.
Prior to his current role he spent almost 14 years at Goldman Sachs. He was head of the Macroeconomic Research and Investment Team in the Global Portfolio Solutions group, where he was responsible for the macro component of the group’s investment process. Before that, he held several macro roles in Global Investment Research in Goldman Sachs, with a particular focus on asset allocation.
Mr. Nielsen holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University and a B.Sc. in Economics from University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Atish Nigam
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Atish Nigam is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA), where he serves as Chief Investment Officer of the Multi-Strategy platform.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Nigam spent a decade at Appaloosa Management, where he invested opportunistically across a diverse set of asset classes, including liquid equities and credit, private equities, distressed debt and other special situations. Prior to Appaloosa, Mr. Nigam worked at SAC Capital, FTV Capital and McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Nigam received a B.S. and M.Eng. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Nigam is also a CFA® charterholder.
Mitchell Nimocks
Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Mitchell Nimocks is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group where he focuses on investments in the energy and energy transition sectors. Since joining Blackstone, Mitchell has been involved with the firm’s investments in Blue Sky Infrastructure, Cliff Swallow, Geosyntec, Legence and Olympus.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mitchell was a Vice President at Riverstone, an energy-focused private equity firm. Prior to Riverstone, he was an analyst at Credit Suisse in the Global Energy Group.
Mitchell received a B.S. in Computer Engineering, cum laude, from Tufts University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Jeffrey Nirenberg
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Jeffrey Nirenberg is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Nirenberg has worked in in the financial reporting group and is involved in tax research, compliance and diligence matters for all Blackstone Real Estate Partners (BREP) funds, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS) funds, and he has also been involved in tax matters relating to fund formation as well as BREP / BREDS acquisitions and dispositions.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Nirenberg was a Tax Manager at Deloitte & Touche, where he provided tax services to real estate investment trusts, opportunity funds and partnerships in the real estate industry including BREP.
Mr. Nirenberg received a BS in Accounting and a MS in Taxation from the University at Albany. He is an IRS Enrolled Agent.
Oliver Nisenson
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Oliver Nisenson is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Nisenson leads investments in Asset Based Finance.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Nisenson was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse where he held a range of leadership roles including Head of Securitized Products Lending. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Nisenson was a founding partner at 20 Gates Asset Management responsible for private asset-backed credit opportunities. Earlier in his career, Mr. Nisenson worked as an analyst at Morgan Stanley in the Securitized Products Group.
Mr. Nisenson received a BS in Finance from Syracuse University.
Eric Nortman
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Eric Nortman is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Nortman worked in the Credit Investment group at Medley Management. Mr. Nortman began his career at BMO Capital Markets in its U.S. Leveraged Finance and Debt Capital Markets Group.
Mr. Nortman received a BBA in Finance and Accounting from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School where he graduated with Highest Honors.
Daniel Novoa
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Daniel Novoa is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group based in London. Mr. Novoa leads the Portfolio Management team in Europe and is involved in overseeing key initiatives and integrating information flows across Blackstone’s real estate portfolio.
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Novoa held roles HSBC Alternative Investments Limited and J.P. Morgan Asset Management where he focused on Real Estate investments.
Mr. Novoa is a CFA Charterholder, a Chartered Surveyor, and a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant, and received a BA(Hons) in Business Studies from London South Bank University.
Jacob Nowack
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Jake Nowack is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. He is involved with the origination and execution of investments in the infrastructure, energy transition and renewable energy sectors, and helps lead the Sustainable Resources Group’s efforts in Canada.
Before joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Nowack spent over a decade originating, executing, and managing infrastructure private equity investments, including as a Principal at Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, in both New York and London. Mr. Nowack also worked at Searchlight Capital Partners and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan where he was focused on infrastructure private equity. He began his career in energy investment banking at TD Securities.
Mr. Nowack received an Honors Business Administration with Distinction and Deans Honors from The Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario.
Stephen O’Connor
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Stephen O’Connor is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group and the Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BMXA). In addition, Mr. O’Connor is involved in overseeing legal matters relating to the group’s commingled multi-manager products and a number of firm-wide strategic initiatives including Blackstone’s data science unit. Previously, Mr. O’Connor was involved in the legal structuring, negotiation and execution of investments by the BXMA’s Multi-Strategy platform and other direct trading platforms.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. O’Connor was an Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP focusing on various corporate and asset management matters including private investment fund formations and mergers & acquisitions.
Mr. O’Connor received a BA from the University of Virginia and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Shannon O’Grady
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Shannon O’Grady is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. Ms. O’Grady focuses on marketing, relationship management and business development. Ms. O’Grady joined Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2008 and started her career working with Blackstone’s Distressed Debt Securities Fund. Ms. O'Grady has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and received a BA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and a Certificate in International Studies in Business from the University of Washington.
David O’Neill
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
David O’Neill is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group. Since joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. O’Neill has analyzed and managed real estate investments across several property types including the creation of Invitation Homes, its IPO, and subsequent merger with Starwood Waypoint. Mr. O’Neill currently focuses on the asset management of various investments in the residential sector.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. O’Neill worked for Colliers International in Hong Kong.
Mr. O’Neill received a BS in Finance from Arizona State University and an MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
T. Max O’Neill
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
T. Max O’Neill is a Managing Director in the Global Tax Planning Group, focused on the Real Estate business. Mr. O’Neill has been involved in the development and implementation of global tax planning strategies for the Real Estate funds and portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. O’Neill was an associate in the tax group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he represented clients on a broad range of domestic and cross-border tax matters and transactions.
Mr. O’Neill received a BA in Economics from Georgetown University and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Daisuke Oh
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Daisuke Oh is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Oh worked at Bridgewater Associates for 18 years, where he led a team responsible for creating Bridgewater’s client investment content, including their macroeconomic outlook.
Mr. Oh received his BA in Physics from Amherst College.
Dan Oneglia
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Daniel Oneglia is a Senior Managing Director, the Global CIO of Liquid Credit Strategies, and leads liquid asset allocation for Blackstone Credit Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone, in 2019, he spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs where he was a partner and led the Americas Multi-Strategy Investment (MSI) team within the Special Situations Group (SSG).
Mr. Oneglia graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in History and a Certificate in Latin American Studies. Mr. Oneglia serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees for The New York Foundling.
Yifat Oron
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Growth - Israel
Yifat Oron is a Senior Managing Director and head of the firm’s office in Tel Aviv, Israel. She leads Blackstone’s growth and tech investments in Israel for Blackstone Growth (BXG) and assists with other investing efforts across the firm. Prior to joining Blackstone, Yifat Oron was the CEO of LeumiTech, a leading Israeli technology banking platform, servicing and financing several thousand technology companies and supporting their global expansion via LeumiTech’s global footprint. She spent most of her career as a Partner at Vertex Venture Capital (an Israel-based venture fund), where she invested in and served as a board member of companies across the tech ecosystem.
Before joining Vertex, Ms. Oron was a technology investment banking associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York. Previously, she spent three years at the Directorate of R&D of the Israeli Ministry of Defense where she achieved the rank of Lieutenant in the Economics, Budget & Control Department.
Ms. Oron holds an M.B.A. from Tel-Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Economics and Management from the Technion, also known as the Israel Institute of Technology.
Roberta Osborne
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Roberta Osborne is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Mrs. Osborne received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College and is a CFA charterholder.
Cecilia Ott
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Cecilia Ott is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2002, Ms. Ott was an Accounts and Client Relations Manager at C.O. Architects International.
Ms. Ott received a BSc in Life Sciences from Queen’s University in Canada, a Postgraduate Degree in International Relations from the University of La Sorbonne in Paris, France, as well as a Postgraduate Degree in International Business from the ORT University in Montevideo, Uruguay. In addition, she serves on the U.S Foundation for Queen’s University at Kingston.
Catherine Ow
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Singapore
Catherine Ow is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions Group, based in Singapore. She is involved in the marketing strategy for the firm’s private wealth business in Asia.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Ow was a Managing Director and Head of APAC Marketing at Wellington Management. She has extensive experience in driving and overseeing regional marketing efforts in the investment management industry and has held similar roles in the Singapore Exchange, Russell Investments and First State Investments.
Ms. Ow received her Master in International Studies from the National University of Singapore and BA in Business Studies from the Nanyang Technological University.
Maura Pally
Sr. Managing Director
Charitable Foundation - New York
Maura Pally is the Executive Director of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, where she oversees all Blackstone Charitable Foundation activity, leading strategy and execution of programs in support of Blackstone’s goal of fostering economic opportunity and career mobility for historically underrepresented groups.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Pally worked at the Clinton Foundation, where she was Executive Vice President overseeing programs, including the Clinton Global Initiative. Prior to that, she worked at Bloomberg Philanthropies and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the U.S. Department of State. She also served as Deputy General Counsel for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, as manager of Politics and Public Policy at Oxygen Media, and as Special Assistant in the office of the White House Counsel.
She received a BA from Brown University and a JD from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She serves on the board of the Clinton Foundation.
Dominik Palowski
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Dominik Palowski is a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Europe in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS"), based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Palowski has been involved in originating, underwriting, structuring, and asset managing real estate debt investments across all asset types throughout Europe.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Palowski was in the U.S. Real Estate group at The Carlyle Group where he was involved with real estate equity investments across various sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Palowski was on the Real Estate Investment Management team at Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
Mr. Palowski received a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and an MBA from London Business School.
Linso Pals
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Linso Pals is a Senior Managing Director and Head of European Institutional Client Solutions for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London.
Before joining Blackstone in 2024, Mr. Pals was a Managing Director and the Head of Continental Europe, Middle East & Africa Institutional Business at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Prior to that he was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley Investment Management covering institutional relationships in Northern Europe. Mr. Pals previously worked as a senior relationship manager at F&C Investments and started his professional career at Mercer Investment Consulting in the Netherlands.
Mr. Pals received a MSc in Applied Physics from the Delft University of Technology (TUDelft) in the Netherlands and is a CFA Charterholder.
Saleh Panahi
Managing Director
Private Equity - London
Saleh Panahi is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group in London, where he focuses on investments in the Energy Transition, Industrials, Media & Education industries. Since joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Panahi has been involved in a number of investments and currently serves on the boards of Leica, Schenck Process, Desotec and Enstall (formerly known as Esdec Solar Group).
Mr. Panahi is a member of Blackstone’s Diverse Professionals Network EMEA Task Force, and represents Blackstone on the Futures Committee of Impetus, an organization supporting underprivileged youths in the UK.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Panahi worked at Lazard in the German M&A team.
Mr. Panahi received a Master degree (Dipl. Kaufm.) from the University of Mannheim.
Paris Panayiotopoulos
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Life Sciences - Cambridge
Paris Panayiotopoulos is a Senior Managing Director in the Blackstone Life Sciences group and a member of its Investment Committee, having joined Blackstone as part of its acquisition of Clarus in December of 2018.
Mr. Panayiotopoulos has over 25 years of biopharmaceutical operating and investing experience having served as Operating Partner at Clarus, as CEO and President of Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA), as member of the Board of Directors of The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO), as President of the US and Japan biopharmaceutical businesses of Merck KGaA (FWB: MRK), and as President of the Serono Research and Development Institute.
Mr. Panayiotopoulos is currently a founder and board member of Anthos Therapeutics and AvenCell Therapeutics, and previously served as founding Chairman of Genevant Sciences and FerGene. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the non-profit Life Science Cares.
He holds a combined BS in Chemistry and Management Studies from University College London and an MS from Cranfield Business School in the United Kingdom.
Manali Parekh
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Singapore
Manali Parekh is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions group, based in Singapore.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mrs. Parekh worked at J.P. Morgan in the Alternative Investments Group in Singapore, most recently as an Executive Director where she was responsible for the Southeast Asia and Australia business. Before moving to Asia, Mrs. Parekh managed relationships and investment portfolios of some of the world’s elite law firms and their principals as part of the J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s Law Firm Group in New York City.
Mrs. Parekh received a BBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
Amisha Parekh
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Amisha Parekh leads ESG diligence, policy development and strategy and reporting for Blackstone’s Private Equity Group.
Ms. Parekh joined Blackstone from Bloomberg LP, where she worked for four and a half years, most recently serving as product manager of Bloomberg’s Sustainable Finance Solutions, leading ESG data acquisition and curation efforts and was instrumental in launching Bloomberg’s sustainable finance product offering as Head of Sustainable Finance Product Incubation. Prior to Bloomberg, Ms. Parekh was a Senior Manager at Deloitte where she worked on corporate strategy projects and helped manufacturing, consumer goods, and retail clients develop sustainability strategies and improve operational performance. She is the co-author of High Performance Hospitality: Sustainable Hotel Case Studies and is an Adjunct Professor of Business Strategy for Sustainability at Glasgow Caledonian New York College.
Ms. Parekh earned her MBA from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, an MS in Environmental Policy and Behavior (also from the University of Michigan), and a BS in Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton.
Tuhin Parikh
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Mumbai
Tuhin Parikh is the Head of Real Estate India. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Parikh has been involved in identifying and evaluating Indian real estate in several sectors and completing significant transactions in business park developments and Class A office space plus listing India’s first REIT on the stock exchange in 2019.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Parikh was the CFO and subsequently CEO of TCG Urban Infrastructure Holdings Ltd., a national level office developer and asset owner in India.
Mr. Parikh received a Bachelor in Accountancy from Mumbai University and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad).
Chris Parisi
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Chris Parisi is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Parisi brings 20 years of experience working with Insurers and is responsible for delivering a premier client experience to BXCI’s insurance clients.
Before joining Blackstone in 2024, Mr. Parisi was a Managing Director on the Partner Solutions team at Hayfin Capital Management where he led efforts to establish and deliver private credit solutions to insurance companies in North America. Prior to that he was a Managing Director at BlackRock within the Financial Institutions Group responsible for a variety of insurance company relationships. Mr. Parisi worked in similar client relationship roles delivering insurance asset management capabilities at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and DWS Group (formerly Deutsche Asset Management).
Mr. Parisi received a BA in Management from Gettysburg College.
Andrew Park
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Andrew Park is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Park focuses on the direct lending business.
Mr. Park has over 12 years of experience in private credit. Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Park was a Senior Vice President at First Eagle Alternative Credit where he was head of U.S. retail business development. Prior to First Eagle Alternative Credit, Mr. Park was a Vice President at THL Credit, the private credit business of Thomas H. Lee Partners, where he was the head of subadvisory sales.
Mr. Park graduated with a BA in Political Science from Syracuse University.
Owen Parker
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Owen Parker is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) on the Public Investments team, based in New York. Mr. Parker is involved in real estate public investments.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Parker worked at Deutsche Bank, where he was most recently responsible for trading CMBS.
Mr. Parker is a CFA charter holder and received a BS in Business Administration with an additional major in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University, where he graduated with Honors.
Viral Patel
Sr. Managing Director
BX Private Equity Strategies - New York
Viral Patel is the Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (“BXPE”). Mr. Patel is a member of the Investment Committees for BXPE, Blackstone Growth and participates on the Investment Committee of technology focused deals in Private Credit.
Mr. Patel has been with Blackstone since 2005 and he was involved in the launch of Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, as well as incubating and building other Blackstone businesses. Mr. Patel was also the Global Head of Technology Investing for Blackstone Credit. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Patel was a member of the Credit Suisse Structured Products business. He has served on the boards of various Blackstone portfolio companies.
Mr. Patel graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering.
Randy Patterson
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Randy Patterson is a Managing Director of Human Capital in the Portfolio Operations group. He is involved with building and developing world-class leadership teams and organizations across the portfolio with the capabilities to create value and improve performance.
Mr. Patterson has spent more than 25 years focused on helping organizations to drive transformation and growth through effective human capital strategies and talent management practices. Prior to joining Blackstone, he served as Chief HR Officer for Wilsonart, a leading private equity-sponsored global manufacturer and distributor of engineered surfaces used in the office, education, healthcare, residential, hospitality and retail markets. Prior to Wilsonart, he served as the Chief HR Officer for BlueLinx, a previously private equity-controlled public company and leading distributor of building products across North America. Mr. Patterson has also served in various other HR leadership roles throughout his career, including Senior Vice President of HR for Wholesale Banking at SunTrust Bank (now Truist Bank) and HR Director for U.S. Operations, Pro Sales and Customer Service for The Home Depot.
Mr. Patterson earned his bachelor's degree in business management and his master’s degree in business administration from The J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He has also served on the board of directors for several leading HR associations focused on the development and effectiveness of HR leaders and professionals.
David Payne
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - New York
David Payne is a Senior Managing Director and the Chief Accounting Officer at Blackstone. Mr. Payne is responsible for the firm’s corporate accounting, public company financial reporting and accounting policy functions, and also provides oversight for Blackstone’s quarterly valuation processes. Additionally, Mr. Payne is the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis for the firm, where he is responsible for management reporting, earnings preparation, and firmwide strategic initiatives. Previously, Mr. Payne was the Head of Corporate Development and had oversight for strategic mergers and acquisitions, new business initiatives and special projects in support of Blackstone and its business units. Prior to these roles in Finance, Mr. Payne worked in the Private Equity group where he was involved in the evaluation and execution of private equity investments across a range of industries.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Payne worked in the Private Equity group at TPG Capital and in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley & Co.
Mr. Payne received a BBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan, where he graduated with high distinction, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Matthew Pedley
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - New York
Matthew Pedley is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Institutional Client Solutions in the Americas for Private Equity-related strategies.
Before joining Blackstone in 2009, Mr. Pedley was in the venture capital arm of AllianceBernstein, where he was responsible for software venture investments, Limited Partner relations, fundraising and legal documentation for the fund. Prior to AllianceBernstein, Mr. Pedley was at Crosslink Capital, where he was responsible for venture investments in the software and communications sectors. He was an Observer on the boards of Evant (acquired by MANH), IM Logic (acquired by SYMC), and Jasper Wireless (acquired by CSCO); he was also involved with private investments in Good Technology (acquired by MOT) and Equinix (EQIX). Prior to his career in venture capital, Mr. Pedley was a Senior Consultant with Andersen Consulting, where he provided strategic and business process guidance to the world's largest technology companies.
Mr. Pedley received his BA in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, where he was President of his Class.
Austin Pena
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Austin Peña is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS") on the Strategy & Management team, based in New York. Mr. Peña is also the Executive Vice President, Investments of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT), a publicly-traded commercial mortgage REIT managed by Blackstone. As a member of the BREDS Strategy & Management team, Mr. Peña is responsible for BXMT’s investment and capital allocation strategy. He was previously a member of the BREDS Private Investment team, where he sourced loans and other real estate debt investments for the BXMT and investment vehicles managed by Blackstone.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Peña worked at Barclays in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group, where he was involved in advising REITs and other real estate companies on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and capital markets transactions. Mr. Peña previously held a similar role at Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Peña graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Kim Percy
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - London
Kim Percy is a Senior Managing Director in the Finance Group and is the EMEA Head of Finance based in London. Ms. Percy is responsible for the financial, regulatory, and tax reporting of Blackstone’s companies and funds based in EMEA and the UK. Ms. Percy partners with regional senior leadership to support the firm’s strategic growth objectives and is a member of multiple boards.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Percy was the Deputy Controller of BNY Mellon where she oversaw the financial reporting of its investment management business. Prior to that, Ms. Percy held various senior financial controller roles at Man Group plc, BlackRock, and Cargill, both in London and the USA.
Ms. Percy received a Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Dakota and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Angelina Perkovic
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Angelina Perkovic is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Perkovic is involved with portfolio financing and management.
Ms. Perkovic joined Blackstone in 2005 and was previously a Senior Vice President responsible for compliance monitoring, testing and reporting for various leverage facilities as well as coordinating closing and funding of directly originated transactions. Prior to that, Ms. Perkovic worked at Royal Bank of Canada as an Assistant to the Portfolio Managers and Credit Analysts.
Ms. Perkovic received a BBA in Finance and Investments from Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College.
Eric Perlyn
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Eric Perlyn is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Perlyn worked at Morgan Stanley in both the Investment Banking Equity Capital Markets Division, as well as the Investment Strategy and Asset Allocation Group.
Mr. Perlyn received a BA in Economics from Duke University and an MBA with a Concentration in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Greg Petersen
Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Greg Petersen is a Managing Director in the Human Resources group and Head of Global Investment Recruiting. He is based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Petersen worked at the Global Executive Search firm, CTPartners, both in London and New York within the Asset Management practice focusing on alternative asset management. Previously, he worked at Armstrong International in London covering investment bank and hedge fund clients.
Mr. Petersen received a Masters’ in Economics from Edinburgh University in the U.K.
Stevi Petrelli
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Stevi Petrelli is a Managing Director and Head of Blackstone Innovations Investments (BXI Investments) at Blackstone. She oversees the firm’s internal investments in early-stage FinTech, PropTech, Cybersecurity and Enterprise Tech companies, working across BXTI and various businesses to drive these investments and help accelerate innovation across the firm.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Ms. Petrelli worked at Goldman Sachs, where she helped oversee the firm's principal strategic investments portfolio and internal innovation incubation efforts as part of the Firmwide Strategy team. Ms. Petrelli also worked on core strategy efforts with a number of Goldman's businesses and helped lead the firm's financial technology partnership efforts. Earlier in her career, she was a Vice President at Point72 Ventures and a member of the Principal Strategic Investments team at Goldman Sachs. In both roles, Ms. Petrelli focused on sourcing and executing early-stage investment opportunities in the financial technology space.
Ms. Petrelli received a BA in Political Science from Yale University.
Robert Petrini
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Robert Petrini is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Chief Investment Officer for Private Credit and Joint Portfolio Manager for the Capital Opportunities strategy for in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Petrini was a Principal of DLJ Investment Partners (“DLJIP”), the $1.6 billion mezzanine fund of CSFB’s Alternative Capital Division. Prior to that, Mr. Petrini was a member of DLJ’s Leveraged Finance Group.
Mr. Petrini graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Joseph Wharton and Benjamin Franklin Scholar.
Al Picallo
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Albert (Al) Picallo is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Asset Management team, based in New York. Mr. Picallo joined Blackstone in 2022 and is involved in all aspects of commercial real estate underwriting.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Picallo was a Managing Director at CBRE where he was Head of Underwriting and Advisory and was responsible for overseeing the firm’s third-party underwriting and due diligence platform.
During his career, Mr. Picallo has focused on the origination, structuring, due diligence and underwriting of complex commercial real estate transactions across all property types and risk profiles.
Mr. Picallo received a B.A. in Finance from the University of Florida.
Jeanette Pieper
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Jeanette Pieper is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Management Group. Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Pieper has focused her efforts on raising capital for Blackstone’s private and public funds, with a primary focus on the private wealth advisors in New York City.
Before joining Blackstone in the Fall of 2011, Ms. Pieper was Director of Business Development for alternative investments at UBS in New York. Prior to joining UBS, Ms. Pieper worked in the asset management and consulting divisions at both Smith Barney and Prudential Investments.
Ms. Pieper received a BA with Distinction from Simmons College.
Juergen Pinker
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - London
Juergen Pinker is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group. Mr. Pinker is the Head of Private Equity for Blackstone in Germany. In addition, Mr. Pinker focuses on the Industrials sector and leads Blackstone’s investment activities in the Energy Transition sector in Europe.
Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Pinker has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Intertrust, ATC, Elian, Scout24, Armacell, Cerdia, Schenck Process, Stow Group (aka Averys), BME Group, Desotec, Huws Gray, Array Technologies Inc. and Enstall (formerly known as Esdec Solar Group).
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Pinker worked as a Director at Strategic Value Partners focusing on European distressed situations. Before that, Mr. Pinker was an Associate Director at The Carlyle Group where he was involved in leading and executing investments in various sectors.
Mr. Pinker is a Trustee and Member of the Finance Committee of FareShare.
Mr. Pinker received a Master's degree in economics and business from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. Mr. Pinker currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cerdia, Schenck Process, Stow Group, BME Group, Desotec, Huws Gray and Enstall (formerly known as Esdec Solar Group).
Andrea Pitotti
Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
Andrea Pitotti is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Ireland. Mr. Pitotti is a European credit research analyst involved in the ongoing analysis and evaluation of primary and secondary fixed income investments.
Mr. Pitotti joined Blackstone during the acquisition of Harbourmaster Capital Management Limited in 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Pitotti worked at Harbourmaster where he was responsible for several LBO transactions as well as led negotiations with lending groups, sponsors and banks on material waiver/amendments to credit agreements. Prior to joining Harbourmaster in 2007, Mr. Pitotti worked as a fund accountant at Fidelity Investment, where he was in charge of monitoring trading activities on the $10bn Fidelity Institutional Fund, as well as executing analytical review of each client’s portfolio. Prior to moving to Fidelity, Mr. Pitotti worked at JP Morgan in Italy where he collaborated with MDs to build and maintain relationships with Italian government agencies. Prior to joining JP Morgan, Mr. Pitotti worked as credit analyst in Banca Popolare di Milano, where he was responsible for first stage credit risk assessment.
Mr. Pitotti received a Business Administration with full marks and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Roma Tre.
Jack Pitts
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Jack Pitts is a Senior Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group, where he serves as General Counsel of BXMA. Mr. Pitts is a Co-Chair of the Blackstone Diverse Professionals Network Task Force and a member of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Pitts has been involved in the legal structuring of BXMA’s customized and commingled multi-manager portfolios as well as the review, analysis and negotiation of investments by BXMA’s Multi-Strategy platform and other direct trading platforms and investment opportunities.
Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Pitts was an Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP where he focused on advising sponsors of and institutional investors in private investment funds.
Mr. Pitts received a B.S. in Financial Management from Hillsdale College and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Howard Law Journal.
Kevin Pivnick
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Kevin Pivnick is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) on the Private Investments team, based in New York. Mr. Pivnick focuses on commercial mortgage loan originations on behalf of its insurance clients.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Pivnick worked at Deutsche Bank for 14 years, based in London and New York. While at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Pivnick was most recently responsible for Deutsche Bank’s CMBS conduit origination activities throughout Europe and the US. Prior to working at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Pivnick held roles in commercial mortgage loan origination at Credit Suisse and RBS Greenwich Capital, each based in Los Angeles.
Mr. Pivnick received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Dartmouth College.
Chris Placca
Managing Director
Finance - New Jersey
Chris Placca is the Head of Finance and a Managing Director of the Infrastructure group, and he currently oversees the Valuations, Financial Planning and Analysis, Operations and Accounting teams for Infrastructure. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Placca has been involved in administrative, accounting, tax and financial reporting matters for Blackstone's infrastructure and private equity funds.
Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Placca was the U. S. Controller at Apax Partners, L. P., a London based private equity firm, where he was primarily involved in fund management, administration and financial reporting for its U. S. private equity funds and well as financial reporting and daily operations for the U. S. management Company. Prior to that, Mr. Placca was a Vice President at CCMP Capital Advisors, a New York based private equity firm.Mr. Placca was involved in deal execution, funds administration and operational issues.
Steve Plavin
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Steve Plavin is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Europe for Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS"), based in London. Mr. Plavin also oversees the Private Investments team for BREDS Asia. Previously, from when he joined Blackstone in 2012 until June 2021, Mr. Plavin was the Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a NYSE- listed commercial mortgage REIT that is managed by Blackstone.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Plavin served as CEO of Capital Trust, Inc. (predecessor of Blackstone Mortgage Trust) and CT Investment Management Co., LLC, a commercial real estate debt investment manager and rated special servicer that was wholly owned by Capital Trust and acquired by Blackstone in December 2012. Prior to joining Capital Trust in 1998, Mr. Plavin was co-head of Global Real Estate for The Chase Manhattan Bank and Chase Securities Inc.
Mr. Plavin received a B.A. from Tufts University and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Chad Plotkin
Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Mr. Plotkin is a Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group where he focuses on operations and asset management in the energy transition vertical.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Plotkin was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Clearway Energy Inc, and its predecessor, NRG Yield, Inc, a publicly listed energy infrastructure investor in and owner of primarily U.S. based renewable energy assets. From 2007 through 2016, Mr. Plotkin served in numerous leadership roles at NRG Energy Inc, including Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategy, Vice President and Head of Investor Relations, and Vice President of Strategy and M&A. Prior to his tenure at NRG Energy Inc, Mr. Plotkin worked in various other sectors including satellite communications, retail energy and began his career at Enron Corporation.
Mr. Plotkin currently serves on the Board of Directors for Tallgrass Energy. Mr. Plotkin received a BBA in Finance and Organizational Behavior from Southern Methodist University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma.
Nick Porter
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Nick Porter is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Porter has been involved with Blackstone’s asset management and transaction activities in the UK and Europe, across a variety of asset classes including logistics, residential and retail.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Porter was a Director at Lone Star, where he spent 9 years focused on the acquisition, financing and asset management of real estate and asset backed credit investments across Europe and Asia.
Mr. Porter received a BA (Hons) from the University of Liverpool and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge.
Victoria Portnoy
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Victoria Portnoy is a Managing Director in the Chief Legal Office and Head of Corporate Finance and Group Legal Affairs.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Portnoy practiced securities law at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where she represented public and private corporations, underwriters and private equity sponsors in a wide range of capital markets and financing transactions and corporate governance and SEC matters.
Ms. Portnoy received a BA, magna cum laude, from Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a JD, magna cum laude, from New York University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as Symposium Editor for the Annual Survey of American Law.
Robert Post
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Robert Post is a Managing Director and the Head of U.S. CLOs for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Post was a Junior Portfolio Manager at BlackRock, where his responsibilities included various leveraged loan and high yield mandates. Previously, Mr. Post was an Analyst at BMO Capital Markets, where he was involved with the ongoing monitoring and structuring of leveraged finance transactions. Mr. Post began his career at MetLife Investments as a credit analyst focused on corporate bonds.
Mr. Post received a BA in Economics with a concentration in Financial Markets from Colby College.
John Prete
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
John Prete is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Real Estate Group and Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate Americas Asset Management.
Since joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Prete has been involved in investments across several asset classes, including multifamily, Affordable Housing, student housing, manufactured housing, office, retail and self-storage.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Prete focused on US real estate acquisitions as a Portfolio Manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment and Vice President at Pacific Coast Capital Partners. Mr. Prete began his real estate career at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners.
Mr. Prete received a BS from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management, where he graduated cum laude.
Brian Privor
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - DC
Brian Privor is the Global Head of LP Communications in the Legal & Compliance group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Privor spent five years as the chief regulatory officer of Ultimus Fund Solutions, and as the president of Ultimus’ compliance division, which provided chief compliance officers to both registered investment companies and investment advisers. He previously served as senior counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary after serving seven years as senior counsel in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement in the Asset Management Unit. Before joining the SEC, Mr. Privor practiced law for eleven years at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius where he focused on litigation and corporate investigations.
Mr. Privor received a BA, summa cum laude, from Tulane University, and a JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
Tom Procida
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Thomas Procida is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Procida was co-Head of Treasury and an Operations Manager at TPG-Axon Capital, a fundamental long/short equity hedge fund. Prior to TPG-Axon, Mr. Procida worked in Spear Leeds and Kellogg's Fixed Income Institutional Sales division.
Mr. Procida received an MBA from The Johnson School of Management at Cornell University and a BA in Economics from Loyola University in Maryland.
Pinak Pujari
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Pinak Pujari is a Managing Director in the Technology and Innovations group at Blackstone. He focuses on all aspects of software engineering across Blackstone’s Real Estate and Private Equity businesses and collaborates with portfolio companies to advise and align on technology solutions.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Pujari held a variety of significant roles leading software solutions for accounting, investor reporting, and entity management within Blackstone’s Technology and Innovations group. Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Pujari worked as a Software Engineer at Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor’s, and helped architect and develop the product Capital IQ Estimates which provides market forecast data.
Mr. Pujari holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University with a research focus on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision & Computer Integrated Surgery.
Jurij Puth
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Frankfurt Omniturm
Jurij Puth is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of European Origination for Private Credit Strategies in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Frankfurt. Mr. Puth is involved in various private and public credit investments, across the capital structure.
Mr. Puth joined Blackstone in 2006 as a founding member of the London office and relocated to Frankfurt in 2017. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Puth worked in investment banking on Credit Suisse’s Leverage Finance and Financial Sponsors team in London.
Mr. Puth holds a master’s degree in International Management, from Cass Business School in London, as well as the German and French equivalents from ESCP-EAP, Paris and Berlin.
Karen Putterman
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Karen Putterman is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations Group where she is focused on asset management for energy transition and climate solution investments in Private Equity.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Putterman spent 10 years at Collins Aerospace where she was most recently Vice President/General Manager for Collins Aerospace’s Military Landing Gear Business. Previously, she held multiple business & operations leadership roles across the portfolio. Earlier in her career, she worked in manufacturing operations at The Boeing Company.
Ms. Putterman received a BA in Natural Resource Management from Brandeis University, an MBA from University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and an MS from University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources & Environment.
Doyle Queally
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Doyle Queally is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Strategic Partners, where he leads global business development for GP Stakes.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Queally spent two years in Blackstone Private Equity, where he helped oversee private market fundraising in North America. He previously spent 12 years in Blackstone Credit, where he was involved with the marketing of the firm’s public and private investment products with a geographic focus of the Midwest and West Coast of the United States, including many of Blackstone’s strategic relationships.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Queally was a Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales and Relationship Management for ING Investment Management. Prior to ING, he was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns Inc, where he worked for over twenty years. Mr. Queally was a structured mortgage product specialist with extensive experience covering banks, money managers and hedge funds. In addition, he spent three years at the International Management Group (The Mark McCormack Organization) in Cleveland, Ohio, where he helped develop the team sports division. He started his career at IBM in New York City, specializing in banking.
Mr. Queally received a B.A. in economics from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He also holds series 24, 7 and 63 licenses with FINRA.
Paul Quinlan
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York 601 Lex
Paul D. Quinlan is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Blackstone Real Estate group. Mr. Quinlan was previously the CFO for Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies and Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Quinlan worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, focusing on strategic corporate M&A and private equity investments. Mr. Quinlan received a BS in Finance cum laude from Georgetown University and an MBA with distinction from the NYU Stern School of Business.
Edward Rabinowitz
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Edward B. Rabinowitz is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2009. Mr. Rabinowitz is an advisory board member of multiple funds.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Rabinowitz attended Cornell University where he graduated with a B.S. in Hotel Administration.
Prakash Rajah
Managing Director
Private Equity - Sydney
Prakash Rajah is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group, where he focuses on technology, leisure & entertainment and healthcare investments.
Before joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Rajah was a Vice President at Brookfield Capital Partners in Sydney, supporting its entrance into the Australian market. Mr. Rajah started his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Rajah has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, majoring in Finance & Economics and has an Honours Degree in Finance (First Class) from the University of Sydney, where he received The Joye Medal as top of his cohort.
Ramzi Ramsey
Managing Director
Blackstone Growth - San Francisco
Ramzi Ramsey is a Managing Director at Blackstone Growth, focusing on investing in the enterprise software and financial technology sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2021, Ramzi has led Blackstone’s investments in Cloudinary, Dynamo, and Hotel Engine, and M3.
Prior to Blackstone, Ramzi was a Partner at SoftBank’s Vision Fund and led investing activity in the enterprise software sector. Prior to SoftBank, Ramzi was an investor at TCV (Technology Crossover Ventures) and began his investing career at TA Associates. Ramzi has been a board member or investor in companies including Attentive Mobile, Automation Anywhere, Avvo, Cloudinary, Dynamo, Financial Software Systems, Hotel Engine, Ion Trading, M3, Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY), OneTrust, Qualtrics (NASDAQ: XM), Rover (NASDAQ: ROVR), SeatGeek, Wall Street Systems, and Zillow (NASDAQ: Z). From 2019 through 2021, Ramzi was recognized as a Top 40 under 40 growth equity investor by GrowthCap.
Ramzi received his B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University with university and college honors and completed his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Stephen Ramsthaler
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York 601 Lex
Stephen P. Ramsthaler is a Managing Director in the Strategic Partners Finance department, having joined in 2019.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Ramsthaler was a Managing Director at GCM Grosvenor, where he led the fund finance operations for the firm’s private equity business. Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, Mr. Ramsthaler was a Managing Director in the Asset Management division of Credit Suisse. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing the operations for various business units, including Strategic Partners.
Mr. Ramsthaler received a B.S. in Accounting from Rutgers University.
Brian Rapp
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - Chicago
Brian Rapp is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group. He is involved with Blackstone’s investments in healthcare including TeamHealth, Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), HealthEdge, and Precision Medicine Group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Rapp worked as Chief Operations and Strategy Officer for Compass Health Center (mental healthcare); before joining Compass, Mr. Rapp was a Partner at McKinsey & Company where he helped lead the Healthcare Strategy and Operations Practice in North America.
Mr. Rapp received a BA from Harvard in Economics.
Sheila Rapple
Sr. Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Berkeley Square House London
Sheila Rapple is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Investor Services in Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group. In this role, she oversees investor services and devotes many of her efforts towards helping to build out the processes needed to support new products and channels. Prior to leading Investor Services, she was Head of the Internal Sales & Service Desk for the Private Wealth Management Group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Ms. Rapple worked with Legg Mason, Inc., most recently as Director, Separately Managed Account Product Manager in Legg Mason's retail distribution unit, where she was responsible for SMA product maintenance, product development, platform placement, sales, marketing, operations, and client service. Ms. Rapple began her career with Smith Barney Asset Management working in their sales and marketing team promoting Smith Barney mutual funds and separately managed accounts.
Ms. Rapple received a BS in Marketing & Management from Siena College.
Kiran Reddy
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Life Sciences - Cambridge
Kiran Reddy is a Senior Managing Director in the Blackstone Life Sciences group having joined in May 2020. Dr. Reddy was previously the President & CEO of Praxis Precision Medicines, which he co-founded in November 2016.
Previously, Dr. Reddy was at Biogen where he was part of the corporate develop and strategy leadership team. Dr. Reddy was also an Associate Partner at Third Rock Ventures. He supported and managed various portfolio companies in addition to focusing on new company formation and new investments. He was part of the founding team and interim Chief Business Officer for SAGE Therapeutics through its IPO. Dr. Reddy was part of the team that launched Foundation Medicine, and he has served as a Board Observer for Alnara pharmaceuticals, Rhythm pharmaceuticals and PanOptica pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Reddy holds MD and MBA degrees from Georgetown University. He completed his internship in medicine and his neurology residency at Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Reddy was previously a Howard Hughes science fellow and has authored several peer-reviewed scientific papers in the field of epilepsy, neuroimmunology and neurodegenerative diseases.
Alok Reejhsinghani
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Alok Reejhsinghani is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Reejhsinghani was a Founding Partner at Vitalium Capital Partners where he served as Chief Risk Officer and Head of Trading. Prior to Vitalium, Mr. Reejhsinghani was a Managing Director and Head of Trading at Third Point LLC.
Mr. Reejhsinghani received an M.B.A. from NYU, an MS in Computer Engineering from University of Florida and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
Omar Rehman
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Omar Rehman is a Senior Managing Director and serves as the firm’s Deputy Global Head of Compliance. He is also currently the Chief Compliance Officer for Blackstone’s Private Equity group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Rehman was Global Head of Compliance for the Merchant Banking Division at Goldman Sachs. Prior to that role, Mr. Rehman was a Vice President in Investment Banking Compliance at Goldman Sachs. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 2006, Mr. Rehman was an associate at the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton where he specialized in capital markets transactions and corporate governance issues.
Mr. Rehman received his undergraduate degree from Duke University cum laude. Mr. Rehman was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar at Columbia University School of Law, where he received a JD, and graduated with a master’s degree in law from the Université de Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne.
Kristen Reiner
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Kristen Reiner is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Institutional Client Solutions team, based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. Reiner worked at Goldman Sachs in the Securities division, covering futures and derivatives.
Ms. Reiner received a BA from Princeton University where she graduated with honors and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
William Renahan
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
William Renahan is a Managing Director in the Legal and Compliance Department and serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone’s Registered Funds.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Renahan was a Senior Managing Director at Duff & Phelps Investment Management and served as Chief Compliance Officer of its investment adviser and affiliated registered investment companies.
He graduated with a B.A. from Hobart College, a J.D. with honors from Albany Law School, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in New York State and holds Series 7 and 24 FINRA licenses.
Richard Reyes
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Rich Reyes is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, and he currently focuses on new investment opportunities in the multifamily sector. Since joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Reyes has been involved in the acquisition of over 100,000 multifamily units.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Reyes was an Assistant Vice President at Waterton Associates and involved in acquisitions across the United States.
Mr. Reyes received a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois.
Drummond Rice
Managing Director
Blackstone Capital Markets - New York
Drummond Rice is a Managing Director in the Capital Markets Group (BXCM), based in NY. Mr. Rice leads the equity financing and monetization activity across Blackstone’s businesses globally.
Having joined Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Rice previously worked for 13 years in Equity Capital Markets at J.P. Morgan, where he was responsible for leading origination and execution efforts on equity financings for a broad range of companies primarily in the financial and fintech sectors.
Mr. Rice received an AB in Economics and a Certificate in Political Economy from Princeton University.
Devon Rinker
Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Devon Rinker is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Rinker was an associate at KKR, where he evaluated and executed private equity investments in the technology, media and communications industries. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking at Evercore Partners.
Mr. Rinker received a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia, where he graduated with distinction and Beta Gamma Sigma, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Jonathan Roberts
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Jonathan Roberts is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) on the Private Investments team, based in New York. Mr. Roberts is involved in sourcing, underwriting, and structuring a diverse array of real estate-related debt investments across public and private markets.
Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Roberts has focused on both Blackstone's public and private real estate investment strategies.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Roberts started his career in the Real Estate Investing and Servicing business unit of Starwood Property Trust focused on high yield debt investing and special servicing.
Mr. Roberts holds a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies in Real Estate Finance from Cornell University.
Joseph Rocco
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Joseph Rocco is a Managing Director in Blackstone Treasury and is involved in credit and risk management initiatives for Blackstone’s Treasury operations, including risk assessment for the firm’s cash management and investment strategies. He works closely with counterparts from throughout the firm and its funds on funding initiatives and FX hedging and trading strategies. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Rocco worked at Moody’s Investors Service covering residential mortgage and asset-backed securities where his primary responsibilities included rating surveillance, methodology development and sector commentary. Mr. Rocco holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BS in Finance from Fordham University.
Jean Rogers
Senior Managing Director and Blackstone’s ESG Chairperson
ICS - New York
Dr. Jean Rogers is a Senior Managing Director and Blackstone’s ESG Chairperson. She partners with investment and ICS teams on energy transition and ESG-related initiatives.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Dr. Rogers advised companies and asset managers on long-term ESG integration as an independent board director and C-level advisor. Dr. Rogers founded and led the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), a non-profit dedicated to optimizing US capital markets by fostering disclosure of material sustainability information that meets investor needs and enhances public trust. Before founding SASB, Dr. Rogers worked to advance sustainable development across the US, Europe and China for more than a decade at Arup, a global engineering consultancy specializing in low-carbon infrastructure and green buildings, and Deloitte, where she worked on environmental projects in its manufacturing practice.
Dr. Rogers holds a PhD in environmental engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and earned both her BE and ME in civil and environmental engineering from Manhattan College. She was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University and currently serves as an advisor to the Social Innovation and Change Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Hoffman Global Institute at INSEAD. Dr. Rogers serves on the Board of Directors of Xpansiv, a Blackstone portfolio company, as well as on the Investment Committees for certain of Blackstone’s strategies in private equity and private credit focused on energy transition and climate solutions.
Prateek Roongta
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - Mumbai
Prateek Roongta is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations group and is based out of Mumbai. Mr. Roongta primarily focuses on providing strategic direction and monitoring the performance and development of Blackstone portfolio companies in India.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Roongta was a MD and Partner at Boston Consulting Group, where he advised banks and financial institutions on strategy, operations and digital transformation. Previously, he has also worked at True North Partners LLP and Kearney.
Mr. Roongta has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, as well as a qualified Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and a graduate in Commerce from the University of Delhi.
Greg Roppa
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Gregory Roppa is a Managing Director in the Global Fund Finance group where he focuses on the accounting and financial reporting for certain entities within Blackstone Credit, Real Estate, & Insurance businesses.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Roppa was the Director of Operations and Fund Accounting for Clinton Group Inc., an alternative asset management firm. Prior to that Mr. Roppa began his career in the financial services audit practice at Arthur Andersen LLP.
Mr. Roppa received a BS in Accounting from Binghamton University, where he graduated Cum Laude. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
David Rosen
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York 601 Lex
David Rosen is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies Group based in New York. Mr. Rosen oversees valuations, financial reporting, and portfolio operations for the BREDS business.
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Rosen worked at General Electric where he held multiple roles across their Asset Management and Treasury groups. Prior to those roles, Mr. Rosen was a member of General Electric’s Corporate Audit Staff and a graduate of its Financial Management Program.
Mr. Rosen received a BS in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.
William Rosener
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
William L. Rosener is a Managing Director and the Head of Institutional Client Solutions for Strategic Partners. Mr. Rosener has worked with Strategic Partners since 2007 and leads the capital raising and business development activities for the Strategic Partners platform.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Rosener was a member of the Private Equity Product Specialist team with Credit Suisse Alternative Investments, where he focused on the development, structuring and distribution of Credit Suisse’s wholly-owned and joint venture private equity funds, including Strategic Partners. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Rosener was an M&A legal analyst at Deutsche Bank in Paris.
Mr. Rosener received a B.A. in French Literature from Emory University, where he was Senior Editor of the Emory Political Review. Mr. Rosener is fluent in French.
James Rosenfeld
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
James Rosenfeld is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London. Mr. Rosenfeld focuses on Blackstone’s real estate acquisitions in the UK. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Rosenfeld has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments in the UK, including iQ Student Accommodation, Sage Housing, and The Office Group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Rosenfeld was an Analyst in the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs International.
Mr. Rosenfeld graduated from the University of Oxford with a first-class degree in History and received an MPhil in Real Estate Finance from the University of Cambridge
Mark Rowe
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Mark Rowe is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London.
Mark previously worked at AIG/Corebridge, where he built the mid-market leveraged finance team. Prior to this, Mark worked at Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland in leveraged finance origination, leverage finance restructuring and other mid-market corporate lending roles.
Mark graduated from the University of Salford with a BSc in Business Economics.
Kate Rubenstein
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Kate Rubenstein is a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer of North America Private Credit for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Rubenstein serves as Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL).
Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Rubenstein created and led the GSO Advantage platform (now Blackstone Credit Value Creation program), which brings Blackstone’s broad set of capabilities to drive operational efficiencies and growth for BXCI’s portfolio companies. She subsequently created and led the Blackstone Advantage program, focusing on building networks and expanding access to resources for portfolio companies across Blackstone business units.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Rubenstein originated senior secured loans and equipment finance opportunities in the industrial, consumer, and retail sectors for GE Capital and prior to that worked in brand management at World Kitchen.
Ms. Rubenstein received an MBA from The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, where she was a Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow, and an AB from Dartmouth College. Ms. Rubenstein is on the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council and on the Board of Let’s Get Ready, a non-profit organization that provides low-income and first generation to college students support to gain admission to and graduate from college.
Zachary Rubenstein
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Zachary Rubenstein is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. He is involved with investments in the renewable energy sector.
Before joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Rubenstein worked at BofA where he was a leader of the Global Sustainable Finance Group focused on structured products within the renewable and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Rubenstein helped build multiple new business lines including the electric vehicle leasing business as well as the distributed generation business. Before BofA, Mr. Rubenstein worked in the Alternative Energy Finance group at Citi where he focused on asset finance. Before Citi, Mr. Rubenstein was an early employee at Altus Power, a clean electrification company, where he was a key member of the team responsible for significant growth of the firm.
Mr. Rubenstein received a BA in Economics from Brandeis University.
Matthew Runkle
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Matthew Runkle is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Renewables and Midstream within the Infrastructure Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Runkle has been involved in the execution of Blackstone investments, including Invenergy Renewables, a partnership with NextEra, Cheniere Energy Partners, and Tallgrass Energy.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Runkle spent 15 years at ArcLight Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on energy infrastructure investments. While at ArcLight, Mr. Runkle sourced, executed, and actively managed investments in assets and companies across the power and midstream sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Runkle began his career at The NorthBridge Group as an Analyst, where he focused on corporate strategy for vertically integrated utilities.
Mr. Runkle received a BS in Geology and Geophysics from Yale University. Mr. Runkle serves as a director of Tallgrass Energy and Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. He also serves as chair of the Brooklyn Community Board of the Jeremiah Program, a non-profit social services organization.
Craig Russell
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - New York
Craig Russell is a Senior Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions group and the Global Head of the Private Capital Group.
Mr. Russell joined Blackstone after 15 years at Goldman Sachs where he was most recently Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Co-Head of the Global Client Business. During his time in these roles, he was responsible for global sales and client relationship management for all institutional and retail client assets.
Mr. Russell serves on the Board of Directors of Wellness in the Schools, a national nonprofit that creates healthier environments for children, and the Evans Scholars Foundation. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Michigan.
Craig earned a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Madeleine Russo
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Madeleine Russo is a Managing Director and Co-Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone Real Estate.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Russo was a Senior Associate in the Private Investment Funds group at Ropes & Gray LLP where she focused her practice on the formation and operation of private investment funds, including buyout funds, real estate funds, fund of funds, secondary funds and hedge funds. She also worked with institutional and other investors in connection with their private fund related investments on a primary, secondary and co-investment basis.
Ms. Russo received a BA in English Literature from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, with honors, and a JD cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center.
Mark Rutledge
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Mark Rutledge is a Senior Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. He is involved with investments in energy transition, renewable energy and sustainability sectors. Since joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Rutledge has been involved with analyzing debt, mezzanine, distressed and private equity investments across a variety of industries.
Before joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Rutledge worked as an analyst at Credit Suisse's London Office in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Leverage Finance Origination & Restructuring teams between 2008 and 2010.
Mr. Rutledge received an Honors Business Administration degree with Distinction and Deans Honors from The Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario. Mr. Rutledge serves on the board of directors of Ion Solar.
Michael Ryan
Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
Michael Ryan is a Managing Director and the Co-Head of Origination for the UK, Ireland and Nordics in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Ireland. Mr. Ryan is focused on direct lending activities for BXCI’s European platform and is responsible for the origination and management of private credit investments across a wide variety of industries and geographies.
Mr. Ryan was previously focused on public investing opportunities and joined Blackstone via its acquisition of Harbourmaster Capital in 2012. While working for Harbourmaster he was involved in all aspects of credit origination, investment selection and ongoing monitoring of their CDO portfolio in Europe. Mr. Ryan sat on the investment committee for Harbourmaster Capital and subsequently for BXCI’s CCS business in Europe. Prior to joining Harbourmaster, Mr. Ryan worked for Hypo Real Estate Bank and KPMG.
Mr. Ryan has a BA in Accounting & Finance and an MBA, both from Dublin City University. He has served on the boards of a number of BXCI’s portfolio companies.
Andrew Sagat
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Andrew Sagat is a Managing Director and leads Portfolio and Asset Management for the Tactical Opportunities group. Mr. Sagat is involved with portfolio-level oversight, investment level asset management and driving value creation across the portfolio.
Before joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Sagat worked in the Corporate Turnaround and Restructuring practice at Alvarez & Marsal, where he served as both an advisor and in interim management roles for stressed and distressed businesses. Prior to A&M, Mr. Sagat worked at Bear Stearns & Co., where he focused on portfolio management for investment grade and leveraged corporate loans.
Mr. Sagat received a BA from Washington University in St. Louis where he majored in finance and anthropology. He has served on the boards of various Tactical Opportunities portfolio companies.
Rafic Said
Sr. Managing Director
ICS - London
Rafic Said is a Senior Managing Director responsible for overseeing Blackstone’s activities in the Middle-East, currently based in London. He has spent the past thirteen years establishing, developing and managing relationships with governmental, institutional and private investors across the Middle East, delivering the firm’s investment and advisory services. During this time he also established the firm’s presence in the region with an office in the UAE, where he was also based for seven years. Mr. Said is a member of the Blackstone Diversity Committee. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Said was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs & Co. for seven years, focused on institutional client management in Europe and the Middle East for the firm’s Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities Division. Mr. Said started his career at Robert Fleming in the Equity Capital Markets Group, covering emerging market corporate and government clients. He received a BSc Honors Degree in Economics & Philosophy from City University London.
Atsuhiko Sakamoto
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - Tokyo
Atsuhiko Sakamoto is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and is based in Tokyo.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Sakamoto was a Managing Director at Bain Capital where he focused on private equity investments in Japan. Prior to joining Bain Capital, he was a Vice President and Associate at Ripplewood. Before joining Ripplewood, he worked in the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Sakamoto received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University.
Lou Salvatore
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Lou Salvatore is a Senior Managing Director and leads opportunistic asset allocation for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Salvatore is responsible for sourcing, diligence, structuring and managing performing credit investments.
Before joining Blackstone in 2005 Mr. Salvatore was a Principal of DLJ Investment Partners, the mezzanine fund of CSFB’s Alternative Capital Division. Mr. Salvatore joined CSFB in 2000 when it acquired DLJ, where he was a member of the Merchant Banking Group. He had been a member of DLJ's Leveraged Finance Group, specializing in corporate restructurings. Prior to that, he worked for Kidder Peabody.
Mr. Salvatore received a BA in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Lindsay Sampson
Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Lindsay Sampson is a Managing Director and HR Business Partner who supports the non-investment functions across BX, with a specific focus on the Finance organization. In this role, Lindsay partners with her clients and the global HR team to develop a comprehensive people and talent management strategy, inclusive of organizational design, training and development.
Before joining Blackstone, Lindsay was the Global HR Business Partner for Finance, Risk, Compliance and Legal at BNY Mellon. She also spent 14 years at Barclays Bank in a variety of senior HR positions across multiple geographies including the US, UK, Japan and South Africa.
Lindsay earned her BA in Political Science from the University of Connecticut and MPA, Policy Analysis & Evaluation, from Baruch College, CUNY.
John Samuels
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
John M. Samuels is the Chairman of Global Tax at Blackstone.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Samuels worked at General Electric as the Vice President and Senior Counsel for Tax Policy and Planning for almost 30 years and was responsible for the company’s global tax policy, tax planning and tax compliance operations. Mr. Samuels is a Chairman of the Alliance for Competitive Taxation (ACT), Chairman of the International Tax Policy Forum, and is the George W. and Sadella D. Crawford Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School, where he teaches U.S. taxation of international transactions. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Samuels was a partner in the law firm of Dewey, Ballantine and served in the administrations of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel and Tax Legislative Counsel of the U.S. Department of Treasury. Mr. Samuels is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a Trustee of the American Tax Policy Institute, and received the Tax Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to tax policy.
Mr. Samuels is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Chicago Law School, and received an LLM in Taxation from NYU Law School.
Bally Sangar
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Bally Sangar is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. Ms. Sangar runs the London Middle Office and Risk team.
Prior to this role, Ms. Sangar worked within Blackstone Insurance and Blackstone Alternative Asset Management. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Sangar was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at WyeTree Asset Management, a structured credit hedge fund based in London. Prior to joining WyeTree Asset Management, Ms. Sangar spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs, mainly within the Securities and Asset Management Divisions, her latest role being the European Chief Operating Officer at GS Investment Partners.
Ms. Sangar received a BSc (hons.) in Chemistry with Management from Imperial College London.
Nakul Sarin
Managing Director
BXCI - Berkeley Square House London
Nakul Sarin is a Managing Director and Co-Head of UK Origination and Sponsor Coverage for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London.
Mr. Sarin previously worked for Bridgepoint Credit as a Partner. Prior to his time at Bridgepoint, he was a Partner with EQT Credit. He also served as an Investment Director with Permira Credit. Prior to Permira, Mr. Sarin was a member of the M&A and Financial Advisory group at Blackstone. He also has held roles with Merrill Lynch and CIBC.
Mr. Sarin graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and received a Master of Science from the University of Warwick.
James Sarvis
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
James Sarvis is a Managing Director and the Head of Quant & Portfolio Analytics for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr Sarvis worked at Goldman Sachs as a Managing Director in Corporate Treasury, where he was the Head of Asset-Liability Management Strategies. He previously worked as a credit desk strategist at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
Mr Sarvis received a master's degree in Electrical Engineering, and bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, from MIT. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2008.
Amanda Saxton
Managing Director
Finance - Miami
Amanda Saxton is a Managing Director in the Global Fund Finance group where she is focused on the accounting, financial reporting and fund administration for the Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA) Direct Trading and Absolute Return Funds.
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Saxton was the Private Equity Fund Manager at Riverstone Holdings, LLC, a New York based private equity firm. At Riverstone, Ms. Saxton was primarily responsible for the fund management, administration, and financial reporting for several of its private equity funds. Prior to Riverstone, Ms. Saxton worked at JP Morgan in the Private Equity Fund Services group, where she was involved with the fund administration for several clients. Ms. Saxton began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, working in the assurance practice.
Ms. Saxton received a BS in Accounting from Florida State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of South Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Josh Schertzer
Managing Director
Enterprise Technology
BXTI - Miami
Josh Schertzer is a Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Enterprise Technology within the Technology and Innovations group. He is responsible for all foundational aspects of technology including Cloud Computing and Infrastructure, Enterprise Workspace and Applications, and Services and Operations.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Schertzer oversaw all technology delivery for the Firm. Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Mr. Schertzer worked at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where he was responsible for the architecture and implementation of many critical components to the company’s corporate and trading businesses.
Mr. Schertzer previously sat on the board of CloudGenix, a former Blackstone portfolio company, and currently sits on various advisory boards across the technology sector. Mr. Schertzer received a BA in Business Administration from the University at Albany, SUNY.
Paul Schlaack
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Paul Schlaack is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone’s Infrastructure group, based in New York.
Prior to helping launch Blackstone’s Infrastructure business in 2017, Mr. Schlaack was the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone’s Institutional Client Solutions group for six years, where his role was to coordinate the marketing and investor relations functions for all of Blackstone’s investment products globally. Prior to that, Mr. Schlaack worked for twelve years in Blackstone’s financial advisory group, where he helped to execute several M&A transactions across a variety of industries.
Mr. Schlaack received a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude.
John Schmidt
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
John Schmidt is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. Mr. Schmidt is involved in portfolio compliance and regulatory risk for a variety of products with a particular focus on investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Schmidt has been involved in the development and implementation of a liquidity risk management program for the registered funds.
Mr. Schmidt joined Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2006. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Schmidt managed bank loan operations and client relations for Fidelity National Financial. Before Fidelity's acquisition of ClearPar LLC, Mr. Schmidt helped launch the ClearPar settlement platform which provides electronic trade settlement in the syndicated loan market.
Mr. Schmidt received a B.S. in Finance from Fordham University.
Ben Schori
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Ben Schori is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in London. Mr. Schori is involved in Blackstone's real estate asset management activities, with a focus on logistics investments across Europe.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Schori worked as a Director at the Royal Bank of Canada, focusing on commercial real estate loan origination, structuring and execution across Europe. Prior to that, Mr. Schori spent seven years at Westbrook Partners in London, focusing on the acquisition, financing and asset management of various property types across the U.K. Mr. Schori began his career as an Analyst in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank in New York.
Mr. Schori received a BS in Political Science from Columbia University, where he was named to the Dean’s List.
Scott Schultz
Managing Director
Infrastructure - London
Scott Schultz is a Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group based in London. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Schultz has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Mundys (formerly Atlantia), Phoenix Tower International and Autostrade per l’Italia, and currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Mundys and Aeroporti di Roma.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Schultz worked in the London and New York offices of Rhône Capital, focusing on private equity investments in businesses with transatlantic and pan-European presences. Previously, Mr. Schultz worked in the Financial Sponsor Group of J.P. Morgan’s investment bank in New York.
Mr. Schultz received his MBA with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received B.S. degrees in Finance and Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated with the Bronze Tablet university honors designation.
Sloane Schuster
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Sloane Schuster is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Product for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Ms. Schuster joined Blackstone in 2016, and previously served as the Global Head of Product for Blackstone’s Real Estate business.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. Schuster worked at Apollo Global Management, where she was a Principal and product specialist, coordinating investor relations and marketing activities for the firm’s real estate business. Before joining Apollo, Ms. Schuster was a Principal and the Director of Investor Relations at Siguler Guff & Company, where she managed a team of investor relations professionals and coordinated marketing efforts for the firm’s credit, private equity, and real estate funds. Ms. Schuster began her career at Lehman Brothers, where she worked in Fixed Income Sales covering institutional clients.
Ms. Schuster received a BA in Economics from Union College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Neil Schwartz
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Neil Schwartz is a Managing Director in the Legal and Compliance Department and is the Chief Compliance Officer for Blackstone’s Strategic Partners and Insurance Solutions businesses.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Schwartz was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Aurmedis Global Investors LP. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Schwartz was the Chief Compliance Officer and Associate Counsel at Tiger Global Management, LLC and from 2006 to 2011 Mr. Schwartz was a Vice President and Regulatory Counsel in the Legal and Compliance Department at The D.E. Shaw Group. Prior to D.E. Shaw, Mr. Schwartz was a Senior Counsel at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission where served in both the Division of Enforcement and the Counseling and Legal Policy section in the Office of the General Counsel. Mr. Schwartz began his career serving as a law clerk to the Hon. William A. Acker on the U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mr. Schwartz received his JD with honors from the Washington College of Law at American University, where he served as the Critical Essays Editor of the American University International Law Review, and his BA from Tufts University.
David Schwartz
Sr. Managing Director
BX Private Equity Strategies - New York
David Schwartz is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions for Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (“BXPE”) in addition to covering certain investments in the technology and tech-enabled services sectors.
Mr. Schwartz joined Blackstone in 2022, and currently sits on the board of Cvent. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Schwartz spent nearly 14 years at Harvest Partners, most recently as a Partner, where he launched and led the firm’s software investing vertical. He additionally invested across the business services, energy and franchising sectors during his tenure. Mr. Schwartz began his career in the Investment Banking group at JPMorgan.
Mr. Schwartz earned a bachelor’s degree with distinction from the Ross School of Business at University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He currently serves on the board of Urban Dove, a network of high schools serving under-credited students.
Li Chian See
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - Hong Kong
Li Chian See is a Managing Director and Asia Pacific Head of Compliance. She is responsible for all regulatory and compliance matters for Blackstone in Asia.
Ms. See was previously with Blackstone from 2011 to 2019 in the same role. Before rejoining Blackstone in 2021, Ms. See was the Regional Head of Compliance, Asia Pacific in Invesco for close to 2 years. She had previously spent about 15 years at Goldman Sachs in the compliance department where she performed a variety of roles in New York, London, Singapore and Hong Kong for the Investment Management division, recently as the Global Head of surveillance function in Asset Management.
Ms. See received a Bachelor degree in Economics and Statistics at the National University of Singapore and passed CFA level III in 2000.
Erica Seidel
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Erica J. Seidel is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2012. Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Ms. Seidel attended Harvard University where she graduated with a B.A. cum laude in Neurobiology.
Darius Sepassi
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Darius Sepassi is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group where he is focused on investment activity in the energy sector. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Sepassi has been involved with the firm’s investments in Geosyntec Consultants, Sabre Industries, Cheniere Energy Partners, Pacific Gas & Electric, Ulterra Drilling Technologies, GridLiance, Onyx Renewables, Transmission Developers Inc. and Aypa Power.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Sepassi was a Senior Vice President at Oaktree Capital where he evaluated and executed investment opportunities primarily in the power generation and midstream energy sectors. Prior to Oaktree, Mr. Sepassi was a Vice President at Highstar Capital. Mr. Sepassi has also held positions as an Associate at First Reserve Corporation, focusing on equity investments in the global energy sector, and as an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance and Sponsor Coverage group at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Mr. Sepassi received a BS, with distinction, in Accounting and an MS in Business Administration from the Pennsylvania State University. He currently serves as a Director of Geosyntec, Sabre Industries, Ulterra, Onyx, Transmission Developers and Aypa Power, and previously served as a Director of GridLiance.
James Seppala
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
James Seppala is the Head of Real Estate Europe, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Seppala has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments across Europe, including Logicor, OfficeFirst, and Mileway.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Seppala was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co, where he spent 10 years focused on equity and debt investment opportunities in Europe and the United States on behalf of Goldman Sachs’s real estate private equity group.
Mr. Seppala graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2001. Mr. Seppala currently serves as Chairman of BEPIF. He also serves on the Imperial College Endowment Board, is a governor of the John Lyon's Foundation, and serves on the European Advisory Board of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School.
Paolo Servado
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Paolo Servado is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Servado has been involved in analyzing real estate investment opportunities across various property types in both Europe and the United States. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Servado was an Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, where he focused on equity and debt investment opportunities on behalf of their real estate private equity group. Mr. Servado received a BS in Applied Math and Economics from Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Adam Shah
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Adam Shah is the Head of Real Estate Asset Management Europe. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Shah was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Europe at Starwood Capital Group, where he most recently led asset management activities across Europe and was a member of the European Investment Committee. Mr. Shah received both a BSc. with honours and a MSc. in Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Mike Shang
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - Hong Kong
Mike Shang is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group in Hong Kong. He is involved in sourcing and executing transactions in Greater China.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Shang was a Managing Director and founding member of Rivendell Partners, a mid-market private equity platform. Prior to Rivendell, he was with Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia and The Carlyle Group in Hong Kong. Before relocating to Asia, Mr. Shang worked in Morgan Stanley’s Financial Institutions Group in investment banking, as a financial accountant at CCMP’s Global Fund and as an auditor in the insurance group at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York.
Mr. Shang received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at The University of Michigan. He was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.
Joshua Shapiro
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Joshua Shapiro is the Chief Compliance Officer for Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities and Growth groups as well as the Chief Compliance Officer for Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (BXPE).
Before joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Shapiro was the Head of Compliance (Americas) at PineBridge Investments, the Chief Compliance Officer at BTG Pactual Asset Management US, and an associate attorney at Talpion Fund Management.
Mr. Shapiro received his JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
Michael Shapiro
Managing Director
Government Relations - New York
Michael Shapiro is a Managing Director of Government Relations for Blackstone, with a focus on infrastructure investments and projects.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Shapiro served with the White House Infrastructure Implementation Task Force and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Prior to joining the Biden Administration, Mr. Shapiro was a founding team member and Vice President at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), a company backed by Alphabet (the parent company of Google) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) that owns, acquires, and invests in advanced infrastructure, where he was responsible for the origination, diligence, and execution of investments, as well as public-private partnerships, government relations, and external communications. He previously led economic policy for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential campaign, and served in roles in economic policy at the White House and Executive Office of the President in the Obama Administration.
Mr. Shapiro serves on the Board of the tri-state area Regional Plan Association (RPA), and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds a B.A. from the Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
John Sharkey
Managing Director
Executive Offices - New York
John Sharkey is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group based in New York. Mr. Sharkey has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Vivint SmartHome, Vivint Solar, Gates Industrial, TeamHealth, Ascend Learning, Medline, and Ellucian and he currently serves on the board of Ascend Learning. Before joining the Private Equity Group in 2012, Mr. Sharkey was a member of the Restructuring & Reorganization Advisory practice.
Mr. Sharkey received a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated summa cum laude, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ruth Sharry
Managing Director
Finance - London
Ruth Sharry is a Managing Director in the Tax Group. Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Sharry has been involved in the development and implementation of international tax initiatives for the firm and is responsible for the firm’s international tax compliance and reporting.
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Ms. Sharry worked as a Director in the International Tax Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York. Prior to that, she was a Senior Manager in the Mergers & Acquisition Tax Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers London and specialized in the tax structuring of private equity investments throughout Europe and Asia.
Ms. Sharry received a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Bill Sheehan
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Bill Sheehan is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Bill has been involved in business development for Blackstone’s public and private funds, with a primary focus on building relationships with financial intermediaries in the United States.
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, he was a Vice President at Fidelity Investments in New York marketing Fidelity’s investment solutions to RIA’s and private banks. Prior to joining Fidelity, Bill held similar roles at Nuveen, Deutsche Asset Management & Wells Fargo Funds. Bill began his career at Morgan Stanley in institutional equity derivatives sales.
Mr. Sheehan received his B.S. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and earned the CIMA designation in 2009.
Scott Shellenhamer
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Scott Shellenhamer is a Managing Director in the Technology and Innovations group at Blackstone. He is focused on all aspects of software and product design, development, and support across Blackstone’s Credit, Insurance, and Real Estate Credit businesses.
Prior to his current position he was a Managing Director of Blackstone’s Hedge Fund Solutions Group and was involved in the design and development of BXMA’s proprietary software systems, which support all aspects of the group's operations. Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Shellenhamer served as the Head of Software Engineering for Capstone Investment Advisor where he was responsible for developing the firm’s proprietary trading, risk, and analytics systems. Prior to Capstone, he worked as a Software Engineer for LucidRisk, LLC, a FinTech startup, where he developed and integrated custom risk management systems for hedge fund clients.
Mr. Shellenhamer graduated with a BS in Computer Science from Penn State University as well as an MS in Scientific Computing from New York University.
Daniel Sheng
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Daniel Sheng is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2011. Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Sheng attended the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University where he graduated with a B.S. in Finance and International Business.
Craig Shepherd
Sr. Managing Director
Blackstone Life Sciences - Cambridge
M. Craig Shepherd is a Senior Managing Director in the Blackstone Life Sciences group and a member of its Investment Committees. Since joining Blackstone in New York in 2017, Mr. Shepherd has played a leadership role in Blackstone’s acquisition of Clarus, the creation of Blackstone Life Sciences Yield, and Blackstone’s investments in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Harmony Biosciences, PTC Therapeutics, Amicus Therapeutics, Sutro Biopharma (Vaxcyte royalties) and various others.
Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Shepherd worked at another life sciences private equity firm and at Amgen, where he held various roles at Amgen’s global HQ in California and its international HQ in Switzerland.
Mr. Shepherd holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a law degree from McGill University, and a BA from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Shepherd has served on the boards of various business and non-profit organizations, including the Tufts University Parents Leadership Council, the American Kidney Fund, the Healthcare Advisory Board of the Partnership Fund for New York City and the McGill University Chancellor’s Advisory Board.
Ines Sheppard
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Ines Sheppard is a Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations Technology in the Blackstone Technology and Innovations group. In her role, she provides technical leadership to applications and teams focused on Blackstone's Investor experience.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Ms. Sheppard worked at Goldman Sachs for nine years in a variety of roles, most recently as the head of Futures Client Reporting. At GS, she also worked in Marquee, the digital marketplace for institutional investors and in Market Risk Technology.
Ms. Sheppard received a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University.
Sebastien Sherman
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Sebastien Sherman is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group and leads the group’s coverage of the utilities and transportation sectors. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Sherman has been involved in the execution of several Blackstone Infrastructure investments, including Carrix, Applegreen and FirstEnergy. Sebastien serves on the boards of Blackstone Infrastructure’s portfolio companies Carrix, Applegreen and Ulysses.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Sherman spent 14 years with OMERS Infrastructure (Borealis Infrastructure), including most recently as its Head of the Americas region. Since 2003, Sebastien has been involved in the origination, deal execution and oversight of a number of large-scale infrastructure portfolio companies across North America, Europe and South America. Over the course of his career, Sebastien has led investments in sectors including utilities (gas and electric), natural gas transmission pipelines, LNG import infrastructure, power generation, high-speed rail infrastructure, airports, ports, toll roads, motorway service areas, land registry and satellites. Earlier in his career, Sebastien spent seven years with Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities, where he advised on M&A transactions and financings and at the Bank of Canada, Canada’s Central Bank.Sebastien has an Honours BA (Economics) from Queen’s University, and is a CFA charterholder.
Ryusuke Shigetomi
Chairman
Tokyo-Regional Management - Tokyo
Ryusuke Shigetomi is a Chairman and Representative Director for The Blackstone Group Japan K.K. Mr. Shigetomi is responsible for advising and supporting Blackstone’s investing and capital raising efforts in Japan.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Shigetomi was Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Global Investment Banking & Managing Director of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities’ Investment Banking Division and the Head of Telecommunication, Media and Technology Banking Group. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2000, Mr. Shigetomi had taken various positions with The Industrial Bank of Japan, where he played a key role on a number of trophy deals mainly in telecom/media/technology and energy sectors.
Mr. Shigetomi received his LL.B. degree from the University of Tokyo.
Yuriy Shteinbuk
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Yuriy Shteinbuk is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Shteinbuk was a Portfolio Manager at CAM Capital. Mr. Shteinbuk joined CAM Capital in 2012 and was a founding member of the team, helping build out its infrastructure, reporting and trading functions. He participated in all aspects of CAM Capital’s investment program. In particular, Mr. Shteinbuk managed the firm’s structured credit portfolio, as well as sourced and oversaw a variety of private investments across real estate, private credit and private equity. He started his career in Deutsche Bank’s New York structured credit business.
Mr. Shteinbuk graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Harvard College and is a CFA Charterholder.
Winfield Sickles
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Winfield Sickles is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Sickles was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, where he specialized in macro / cross-asset institutional sales and was a member of the global Hedge Fund Management (HFM) team. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Mr. Sickles held similar macro advisory roles for J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs in London, Hong Kong, and New York, and served as a Portfolio Manager for Tiger Management LLC.
Mr. Sickles received a BA in History from the University of Georgia and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
John Simkiss
Sr. Managing Director
Harvest - Pennsylvania
John Simkiss is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone, serving as the Portfolio Strategist of Harvest Fund Advisors, Blackstone’s publicly traded MLP and Yield-Oriented Investment Platform. Having joined Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Simkiss focuses on public market investment opportunities for Harvest. Mr. Simkiss has served on Harvest’s Investment Committee since inception in 2005.
Before joining Harvest, Mr. Simkiss was a partner at Vivum Group. Prior to that, Mr. Simkiss spent over a decade in a commercial insurance group where he managed a high yield bond and risk arbitrage fund.
Mr. Simkiss received a BA in Political Science from Trinity College.
Edward Simmons
Managing Director
ICS - London
Edward Simmons is a Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions Group and Head of the European Private Capital Group. Based in London, he manages the firm’s relationships with European family offices and select private investors on a variety of levels. In his capacity, Mr. Simmons works across the firm’s business units to provide solutions for large pools of private capital and helps source potential new investment opportunities.
Before joining the London office, Mr. Simmons was based in New York where he helped launch Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions business. Mr. Simmons initially joined Blackstone in 2008 as a Research Analyst within the firm's Private Equity Group.
Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Simmons spent several years at AllianceBernstein where he advised clients on investment strategies and portfolio construction. Mr. Simmons received his B.A. from Hobart College.
Michael Simmons
Managing Director
BXCI - San Francisco
Michael Simmons is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in San Francisco. Mr. Simmons is a portfolio manager and trader for Corporate Bond Strategies’ (BCBS) long only and absolute return portfolios.
Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Simmons was part of the portfolio management and trading group that managed long only and hedge fund strategies at DCI. Prior to DCI, Mr. Simmons worked as a Portfolio Manager and Trader at Mellon Investments. Prior to Mellon Investments he was a Risk Analyst at Farallon Capital Management, and prior to that was a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Mr. Simmons received a Masters Degree in Financial Engineering from the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business and Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Bioengineering from the University of California San Diego, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Nicholas Simon
Operating Partner
Blackstone Life Sciences - San Francisco
Nicholas Simon is an Operating Partner in the Blackstone Life Sciences group and a member of its Investment Committee, having joined Blackstone as part of its acquisition of Clarus in December 2018. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Simon was co-founder and Managing Director of Clarus since the firm's inception in 2005.
Mr. Simon has over 30 years of operating and investment experience in the healthcare sector and has led investments in biotechnology, pharmaceutical company partnerships, and medical technology. Prior to Clarus, Mr. Simon was a General Partner at MPM Capital, a healthcare venture capital firm. Prior to MPM Capital, he was with Genentech from 1989 to 2000 where he was Vice President of Business and Corporate Development. Mr. Simon is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Gritstone Oncology (NASDAQ: GRTS) and Sientra (NASDAQ:SIEN).
Mr. Simon received a BS degree in microbiology from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Loyola University. Mr. Simon is a Trustee at The J David Gladstone Institutes, a private not-for-profit research institute affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco.
Alexander Simon
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Alexander Simon is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group based in London where he currently focuses on new investment opportunities in the Nordics and the self-storage sector across Europe.
Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Simon has been involved in real estate investments across several property sectors in Europe, Canada, and the U.S., including Mileway, Bentall Centre, Sponda, Logicor, GE Capital Real Estate and Max Property Group.
Mr. Simon graduated from HEC Paris with a MSc in Management and received a BSc in Economics from Maastricht University.
Carter Simpson
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Carter Simpson is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Simpson is involved with the ongoing analysis and evaluation of primary and secondary fixed income investments.
Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Simpson worked as an analyst in the Leveraged Finance group at Deutsche Bank’s New York office.
Mr. Simpson received a BA in Economics from Princeton University.
Robert Sitman
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Robert Sitman is a Managing Director and Global Head of Asset Management in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS"), based in New York.
Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Sitman has been involved in originating, structuring, executing and asset managing real estate debt investments across all asset types and geographies.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Sitman was an associate in the Real Estate group of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where he represented owners, developers, investors and lenders in commercial real estate transactions.
Mr. Sitman received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he graduated cum laude.
J.T. Sizemore
Managing Director
Real Estate - Los Angeles
J.T. Sizemore is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Private Investments team, based in Los Angeles. Mr. Sizemore is involved in sourcing, underwriting, negotiating and structuring debt investments across all asset types and geographies with a focus on the office sector.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Sizemore worked in real estate private equity acquisitions roles with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing in San Francisco and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners in Los Angeles. Mr. Sizemore also worked as a developer with The Kor Group and as a strategy consultant with Bain & Company.
Mr. Sizemore graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California and received an MBA from Wharton, where he was a Palmer Scholar.
Will Skinner
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Will Skinner is the Chief Financial Officer for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Mr. Skinner joined Blackstone in 2013 and previously served as Global Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. Mr. Skinner has also worked for Blackstone in London where he served as Head of European Capital Markets.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Skinner worked at Goldman Sachs where he was an Associate in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group.
Mr. Skinner received a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from Wharton, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar and received the Robert Linneman Memorial Fellowship and Jerome Freedman Memorial Award.
Angelique Slagle
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Angelique Slagle is Managing Director and Head of GTM, Sales & Networks, in the Portfolio Operations group at Blackstone. In this role she and her team advise and support investment teams and portfolio companies through assessment of GTM effectiveness during diligence pre-close and developing GTM strategies and execution plans.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Angelique was Senior Vice President, General Manager for the Americas and APJ at Skillsoft, as well spent several years at SAP, a provider of enterprise application software where she held the role of Head of SAP SuccessFactors, North America.
Jay Sliger
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Jay Sliger is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Sliger was an associate in the consulting practice of PwC.
Mr. Sliger received a BSBA from Bucknell University. In addition, he earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst Designation.
Tiffany Smith
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Tiffany Smith is the Global Head of Investor Engagement for Real Estate Institutional Client Solutions.
Since joining Blackstone in 2008, she most recently served as Chief of Staff to the Global Co-Heads of Real Estate where she worked on strategic initiatives and critical projects. Prior to that she led the investor communications team for RE ICS for several years and previously worked on legal and compliance matters for Real Estate.
Ms. Smith received a BA in Political Science from American University.
Brian Snider
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Brian Snider is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Snider was a Portfolio Manager at General Motors Asset Management, where he focused on manager evaluation, selection, and monitoring across all hedge fund strategies on behalf of the pension fund. Before General Motors, he was a Senior Vice President at Hennessee Group LLC, an advisory firm for investors in hedge funds.
Mr. Snider received a B.S.B.A. in Management with a concentration in Finance from Bucknell University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Joseph Soares
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Iliana Sobczak
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Iliana Sobczak is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Previously, Iliana worked at FrontPoint Partners as the Co-Product Specialist for the FrontPoint Multi-Strategy Fund. Prior to FrontPoint, Iliana was a member of the U.S. Institutional Advisory Group at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where she focused on delivering the resources and capabilities of the firm to institutional investors. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Iliana was an Investment Consultant at Mercer Investment Consulting, where she provided institutional clients with advice on overall plan strategy and structure, manager selection and evaluation, investment policy development and performance measurement.
Iliana received a BA cum laude in business and international relations from Lake Forest College and an M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance, Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Iliana holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. She is a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts.
Michael Sobol
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Michael Sobol is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of CLO Investing for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Sobol worked at Axonic Capital, most recently as a Portfolio Manager for their hedge fund, long-only and separately accounts. Prior to that, Mr. Sobol was a Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald, where he was head of the firm’s CLO trading desk. Before joining Cantor Fitzgerald in 2009, Mr. Sobol was a Vice President at Agamas Capital responsible for CDO/CLO investing, and prior to Agamas Mr. Sobol was a Vice President at Ivy Asset Management.
Mr. Sobol received a B.A. in Finance from the University of Rhode Island.
Gabriel Sod Hoffs
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Gabriel Sod Hoffs is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Sod Hoffs was a Portfolio Manager at Caxton Associates where he focused on emerging markets. Prior to Caxton, he was a senior investment associate at Bridgewater Associates focusing on emerging markets within the investment engine. Mr. Sod Hoffs was the founder and CIO of Austin Credit Macro, a global macro hedge fund seeded by TPG Capital. He also held investment management positions at Dodge & Cox and Farallon Capital where he concentrated on currencies, interest rates, and sovereign credit.
Mr. Sod Hoffs received a Ph.D. and an MA in Economics from Harvard University where he was a Fulbright and Ford-MacArthur fellow. He also received a B.Sc. in Economics from the Instituto Tecnólogico Autónomo de México, where he graduated with the highest honors.
Jacki Speaker
Managing Director
ICS - New York
Jacki Speaker is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Institutional Client Solutions group, where she is involved in raising capital for Blackstone’s private investment funds and maintaining relationships with the firm’s Limited Partners.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2022, Ms. Speaker spent over eight years at KKR and was a Director in the Client & Partner Group responsible for business development and capital raising across the firm's investment capabilities with institutional client and consultant relationships. Before joining KKR, Ms. Speaker was with Credit Suisse Asset Management where she focused on project management and distribution for Credit Suisse's private equity and hedge fund businesses.
Ms. Speaker received a B.B.A. from Emory University's Goizueta Business School with concentrations in Finance and Organization & Management.
Peter Speicher
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Peter Speicher is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Speicher worked in fixed income at Morgan Stanley in New York, and spent a decade at Goldman Sachs in both New York and London. He began his career at Deutsche Bank in London focusing on securitization structures.
Mr. Speicher graduated with Starred First Class Honors in History from Christ’s College, Cambridge University, where he was also a Robert Owen Bishop scholar and obtained his PhD in International History. He serves on the board of The New York Landmarks Conservancy.
Nigel Spencer
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Nigel Spencer is a Managing Director in the Technology and Innovations group at Blackstone.
Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Spencer worked as a Senior Technical Consultant for Lab49, developing software for Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA). Prior to joining Lab49, he worked as an independent Software Consultant for Viterra developing highly-distributed, real-time software solutions to support the company’s agricultural business. Prior to Viterra, he worked as a Development Team Leader at Infor within their Australian Public Sector Solutions Group. In that role he led a development team responsible for building key infrastructure utilized in the redevelopment of their public sector solutions software.
Mr. Spencer graduated with a BSc in Computer Science from the University of South Australia.
Karen Sprogis
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Karen Sprogis is a Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions Group and is based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 1995, Ms. Sprogis has been involved in the asset management of Blackstone’s investments in the U.S. and Canada across various property types, and is involved in capital raising efforts for Blackstone’s real estate funds. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Sprogis was a Vice President at Kleinwort Benson, where she was an international equity sales trader. Prior to that, Ms. Sprogis was a Portfolio Manager at JMB Institutional Realty Corporation. Ms. Sprogis received a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Marshall Sprung
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Marshall S. Sprung is the Global Head of Compliance at Blackstone. Before joining the firm in 2016, Mr. Sprung was Co-Chief of the Asset Management Unit of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement. In this capacity, Mr. Sprung oversaw a nationwide program of investigations focusing on investment advisers, investment companies, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and other investment vehicles managed by investment advisers. He co-led a team of nearly 80 attorneys, industry experts and other professionals in all 12 SEC offices, and was responsible for directing the SEC’s asset management-related enforcement efforts. In recognition of his leadership and integrity, he received the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Leadership in 2015.
Mr. Sprung received his JD from New York University School of Law, where he served as Executive Editor of the New York University Law Review, and his BA with honors from Brown University. He serves on the Board of God’s Love We Deliver.
Taro Squires
Managing Director
Real Estate - Tokyo
Taro Squires is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in Tokyo. He is involved with Asset Management.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Squires spent 5 years with H.J. Asset Management in Tokyo, where he was a founding member and Representative Director. His responsibilities included the establishment, licensing, and management of the firm; and the origination and execution of real estate and infrastructure investments in Japan.
Prior to HJ Asset Management, Mr. Squires spent 11 years with Goldman Sachs in Tokyo and Singapore, with primary responsibilities in real estate investment and asset management. Mr. Squires has also worked at Morgan Stanley Japan in investment banking, and Itochu Corporation in Australia and Japan in natural resource and infrastructure investment.
Mr. Squires received a Bachelor of International Business from Griffith University.
Marshall Stanton
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Marshall Stanton is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations Group where he is involved with asset management for Blackstone’s North American private equity investments.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Stanton was the Chief Business Officer and Executive Vice President at Catalina Marketing Corporation. Previously, he was in a variety of senior executive roles at industry-leading services companies, including Aimia, Experian, Kaplan, and Nielsen. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stanton successfully launched and sold two Internet technology companies.
Mr. Stanton received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Stanton is a Life Member of Mensa International.
Michael Staub
Managing Director
BX Private Equity Strategies - New York
Michael Staub is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (“BXPE”) group focused on investments in the Services sector. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Staub has been involved with Blackstone’s investments in AlliedBarton, GCA Services, Lendmark, Merlin Entertainments, RGIS, SERVPRO, Tropical Smoothie Café and Vivint. He currently serves as a director of SERVPRO and Tropical Smoothie Café and previously served as a director of Lendmark, RGIS and Vivint.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Staub was an Associate at Fortress Investment Group, where he evaluated and executed private equity investments across several industries. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch & Co.
Mr. Staub received a BS in Business Administration from Ithaca College, where he graduated summa cum laude, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with honors.
Rob Steets
Sr. Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Rob Steets is a Senior Managing Director in the Human Resources group, leading Global Talent, Workforce Planning and Analytics. In this role he is responsible for our talent management processes, learning and development strategies and execution, as well as overall people analytics and insights.
Rob has over two decades of experience working for large and mid-size companies across a variety of industries, including several banking and fintech firms. Prior to joining Blackstone, Rob was SVP in Human Resources at IPC Systems, leading the global Human Resources team. Rob has been actively involved throughout his career in working at every level of an organization as an advisor and coach.
Rob has a M.S. degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a B.A. in Psychology from West Chester University.
Geoff Stockwell
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Singapore
Geoffrey Stockwell is a Senior Managing Director with Blackstone Credit, based in Singapore, focusing on marketing, fundraising and client relationships. Before joining Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2005, Mr. Stockwell was a senior analyst at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, the private equity fund of Credit Suisse's Alternative Capital Division. Prior to that, Mr. Stockwell worked as an analyst in investment banking at Lazard. Mr. Stockwell received a BS in commerce from the University of Virginia.
Katie Storer
Managing Director
Blackstone Growth - New York
Katie Storer is a Managing Director in Blackstone Growth based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, she has been involved with investments in Spanx and Supergoop!.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Storer worked at The Carlyle Group focused on Consumer & Retail investments as part of the U.S. Buyout Fund. Previously, Ms. Storer also held roles at Wellspring Capital Management and Deutsche Bank.
Ms. Storer received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her B.S. in business administration from Washington & Lee University.
Christopher Striano
Sr. Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Christopher Striano is the Chief Operating Officer of Global Finance at Blackstone and the Chief Financial Officer of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (BXPE). Mr. Striano provides supervisory oversight to the day-to-day administration of Finance and is responsible for the Portfolio Management, Investment & Corporate Operations, Global Fund Finance, Enterprise Operations, and Global Corporate Services groups.
Previously he served as Blackstone’s Chief Accounting Officer also responsible for the Firm’s accounting policy and SEC Reporting. Prior to that, Mr. Striano served as Head of the firm’s Financial Planning and Analysis group, where his responsibilities included the firm’s global forecast process, business unit and firm-wide strategic planning, managing ratings agency relationships, new business initiatives and various special projects.
Mr. Striano received a BS in Accounting with a minor in Finance from St. John’s University and serves as a trustee at Bayshore Hackensack Meridian Hospital in New Jersey.
David Stubbs
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
David Stubbs is a Managing Director and the Senior Investment Strategist for the Americas in the Private Wealth Solutions group.
Dr. Stubbs previously spent 8 years at J.P. Morgan, where he was most recently the Global Head of Thematic Investing for their Wealth Management business. Prior to that role he was the Head of Investment Strategy for their International Private Bank and a Global Macro Strategist in their Asset Management business. Previously, Dr. Stubbs has worked at the United Nations Department for Economics and Social Affairs and the International Development arm of the U.K. government.
Dr. Stubbs received a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research, an M.Sc. in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a B.Sc. in Economics and Politics from the University of Birmingham.
He is on the board of the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation and is a CMT and FRM holder.
Leslie Sturgeon
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Leslie Sturgeon is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2023, Ms. Sturgeon invested opportunistically across public equities, credit, and distressed debt at 140 Summer Partners, Soros Fund Management, and Appaloosa Management. Prior to her buy-side roles, Ms. Sturgeon was a Senior Director of Finance & Acquisitions at Charter Communications and a high yield research analyst at JPMorgan.
Ms. Sturgeon received a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Herbert Suen
Sr. Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Singapore
Herbert Suen is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group, based in Singapore.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Suen worked at Barclays Wealth as Head of Managed Products in Asia. Prior to Barclays, Mr. Suen held various roles at Credit Suisse, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Bank, Franklin Templeton and Mitsubishi Corporation including portfolio solutions, financial engineering and business development.
Mr. Suen received a Master of Science (with Distinction) in Mathematics for Finance & Actuarial Science jointly from Paris Dauphine University and City University of Hong Kong. He graduated from Curtin University of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction) in Asian Studies. He is a CFA charter holder, a certified FRM, and speaks fluent English, Cantonese, Japanese and Mandarin.
Harishwar Sukhthankar
Managing Director
Real Estate - Mumbai
Harishwar N Sukhthankar is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in Mumbai and is involved in financing and capital market activities for Indian real estate investments. He has also been actively involved in listing India’s first office REIT (Embassy Office Parks) and first retail REIT (Nexus Select).
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Sukhthankar spent 10 years at Lehman Brothers and Nomura Investment Banking, where he was focused on origination and execution of M&A, equity and debt financing transactions across multiple sectors.
Mr. Sukhthankar received an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and graduated from the University of Mumbai.
Stephen Sullens
Sr. Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Stephen W. Sullens is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA), where he serves as Head of Portfolio Management. In this role, Mr. Sullens oversees portfolio management for multi-manager programs on the Absolute Return platform.
Before joining Blackstone in 2001, Mr. Sullens served as a Director with Citi Alternative Investment Strategies, Citigroup's hedge fund investment center. In that role, he was responsible for manager selection and monitoring, as well as portfolio management. Previously, Mr. Sullens served as Manager of Alternative Investments for The Walt Disney Company, where he directed the company's alternative investment program, including investments in private equity, real estate, venture capital and hedge funds. Prior to his six years at Disney, he was an analyst with Trammell Crow Ventures, a real estate investment advisory firm.
Mr. Sullens received both a BA in Economics and an MS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Bryan Sullivan
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Bryan Sullivan is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Liquid Analytics in Technology and Innovations, which focuses on designing and developing portfolio management platforms that enable Blackstone Credit, Blackstone Insurance Solutions, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, Blackstone Real Estate Securities and Asset Backed Finance businesses to focus on portfolio investments and market environments. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Sullivan has been involved in the management, analysis, design, development of portfolio management platforms across the Blackstone organization.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Sullivan was an Assistant Vice President in the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse responsible for performing design and analysis on the Direct Hedge Fund Analytics Platform. Prior to that, he worked at Sungard VPM as an on site development project manager for the Sungard Alternative Investments division. Before working at Sungard, Mr. Sullivan worked for Reuters as senior developer responsible for performing design, analysis, and development on many of Reuter's currency trading platforms.
Mr. Sullivan received a Double Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Engineering and Business Management/Finance from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Chris Sullivan
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Chris Sullivan is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Sponsor Coverage for Private Credit Strategies in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Sullivan focuses on developing and deepening our overall relationships with private equity firms and M&A advisory firms, as well as originating and executing credit investments across a diverse range of industries for the various funds at BXCI.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Sullivan spent over 20 years at Barclays/Lehman Brothers, most recently as the Global Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage and a member of the Investment Banking Operating Committee. He led the business responsible for all the firm's activities with private equity clients, including the origination, structuring and execution of transactions across leveraged finance, M&A and equity.
Mr. Sullivan graduated with a B.A. in Economics & Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross, and earned his MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Kurt Summers
Sr. Managing Director
Infrastructure - New York
Kurt Summers is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Public-Private Partnerships in the Infrastructure Group. In this capacity, Mr. Summers is responsible for investment strategies in partnership with governments, public entities, civic and labor organizations, and broader stakeholders to help advance local infrastructure priorities and will also focus on advancing Blackstone Infrastructure’s Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) efforts.
Previously, Mr. Summers served as Senior Advisor to Blackstone. Mr. Summers was elected and served as Chicago’s 70th City Treasurer until 2019. Mr. Summers also served as both Chairman of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust, where he led the largest lighting retrofit project in North America, and Chairman of the Chicago Community Catalyst Fund, a first-of-its-kind $100 million local investment fund focused on private investments in Chicago neighborhoods. Prior to becoming Treasurer, Mr. Summers served as a Senior Vice President and member of the Office of the Chairman for GCM Grosvenor.
Mr. Summers began his career at McKinsey & Company and later worked as an investment banker in both the leveraged finance and industrials groups at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Summers received a BSBA with Management Distinction High Honors in Finance and International Business with a minor in East Asian Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Anushka Sunder
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Anushka Sunder is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Private Equity North America. She is also actively involved in technology, media, and consumer opportunities. Ms. Sunder joined Blackstone in 2013 and is a Director of Advarra, Precision Medicine Group, Medline, HealthEdge, Candle Media, TeamHealth, and Optiv and previously served as a Director of Blue Yonder. She has also been actively involved in Blackstone’s investments in Signature Aviation, NCR, and InComm. She is Executive Sponsor of Blackstone’s Women’s Initiative and on the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Sunder was at TPG Capital and at Goldman Sachs in the Financial Institutions Group.
Ms. Sunder received her B.A. from Harvard College, where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is also a member of the Corporate Leaders Program at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Vikram Suresh
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Vikram Suresh is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity group. He evaluates investment opportunities across the Services and Technology Industries, and has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Alight, Cloverleaf Cold Storage, PSSI, Mandiant, Interior Logic Group, International Data Group and CoreTrust. He serves on the Boards of Alight, PSSI, Interior Logic Group, International Data Group and CoreTrust, and previously served on the Board of Cloverleaf Cold Storage. Previously, Mr. Suresh worked within Blackstone Securities Partners.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2009, Mr. Suresh worked at Morgan Stanley, where he focused on M&A transactions within the TMT industry.
Mr. Suresh received a BA in Applied Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of Mensa International, and served on the Board of Directors of Greater New York Mensa. He is a member of the Young Lions group of the New York Public Library.
Michael Swank
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Michael Swank is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London, where he is involved in Blackstone’s real estate acquisitions across continental Europe.
Since joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Swank has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments in Europe and the U.S., including Reale Compagnia Italiana, Hembla (D. Carnegie), Obligo, Hilton Worldwide, and Gecina.
Mr. Swank graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School.
Allie Sweeney
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Allie Sweeney is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Portfolio Management for the Blackstone Real Estate group. Ms. Sweeney is involved in overseeing key initiatives and integrating information flows across Blackstone’s global real estate portfolio. Prior to her current role, Ms. Sweeney spent four years in the Institutional Client Solutions Group focused on capital raising efforts for Blackstone's private real estate funds.
Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Ms. Sweeney worked at Dune Real Estate Partners, where she was a Vice President for Investor Relations. Ms. Sweeney began her career in 1999 at Goldman Sachs in the Real Estate Principal Investment Area, where she focused on investments.
Ms. Sweeney received a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) from Queen’s University.
Teresa Sweeney
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Teresa Sweeney is the Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Data Science. In this role, she oversees strategy and operations for the team, informing how data analytics and statistical modeling support the sourcing, diligence, and value creation processes at Blackstone and its portfolio companies.
Before joining Blackstone in 2022, Ms. Sweeney was the Head of Strategy and Chief of Staff to the CEO at GLG and subsequently led much of its flagship private equity business in the Americas. Prior to that, she worked at Platform Specialty Products, a SPAC in the specialty chemicals space, where she ran the integration of its three agricultural chemicals businesses and then research & development strategy for those businesses. Ms. Sweeney was previously a Vice President at New Mountain Capital, where she was involved in the evaluation and execution of private equity transactions. She began her career at McKinsey & Company, working primarily on private equity due diligences and portfolio companies.
Ms. Sweeney graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA in Finance and Economics & Strategy and an MS in Finance with highest honors, and is an active member of the Olin Alumni Board.
Dan Sylvia
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Daniel Sylvia is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Sylvia worked as a Senior Fund Controller in the Fund Accounting group at Ivy Asset Management in 2010 where he was involved in NAV calculations, preparation of financial statements and footnotes, and research of technical issues. Prior to that, Mr. Sylvia was a Senior Accountant at KPMG where he supervised audits, maintained client relations, and provided other advisory services to banks and other financial services companies.
Mr. Sylvia received a BBA in Accounting from Hofstra University.
David Symons
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
David H. Symons is a Senior Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2004. Mr. Symons helps oversee Strategic Partners’ GP-led secondary strategy, as well as co-investment and primary investing activities. Mr. Symons sits on the Investment Committee for each of Strategic Partners buyout funds and is an advisory board member of multiple funds.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Symons attended Cornell University where he graduated with a BS in Applied Economics and Management. Mr. Symons is an executive board member of the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation.
Lisa Szpytko
Managing Director
Real Estate - Toronto
Lisa Szpytko is a Managing Director in the real estate capital markets group at Blackstone, focusing on financing strategies across Blackstone’s real estate funds, investments, and portfolio companies in the Americas. Ms. Szpytko has been with the firm since 2018 holding positions in London and now Toronto.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Szpytko worked at Deutsche Bank on the commercial real estate lending team in London.
Ms. Szpytko received a BS in Management Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Sayo Takizawa
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - Tokyo
Sayo Kondo Takizawa is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group and is based in Tokyo.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. Takizawa worked at the law firms of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP in the Mergers & Acquisitions group in New York and Tokyo.
Ms. Takizawa received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude, and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.
Eric Tam
Managing Director
Strategic Partners - Singapore
Eric Tam is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2016. Mr. Tam leads the international activities of Strategic Partners’ Real Estate funds and is responsible for establishing and leading Strategic Partners in Asia across all strategies. Mr. Tam sits on Strategic Partners’ Real Estate Investment Committee and is an advisory board member of multiple funds. Mr. Tam is based in Singapore after previously spending seven years in Strategic Partners’ London office.
Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Tam was a Vice President at H/2 Capital Partners, where he focused on commercial real estate credit investments and capital markets activities. Before joining H/2, Mr. Tam worked at Morgan Stanley for the Real Estate Investment group, focused on acquisitions. Prior to that, Mr. Tam was a Manager at Accenture in their Financial Services practice, specializing in mortgage banking strategy.
Mr. Tam received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Mr. Tam serves on the development board of Place2Be, a UK-based children’s and young people’s mental health charity.
Kimmo Tammela
Managing Director
Real Estate - Sydney
Kimmo Tammela is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in Sydney. He is involved in asset management of Blackstone’s Australian investments and platforms. Prior to moving to Sydney, Mr. Tammela was Blackstone's Head of Finance for Asia Pacific based in Singapore, where he managed Blackstone’s Asia Pacific finance functions.
Before joining Blackstone in 2010, he worked in real estate private equity for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Singapore and fourteen years at Goldman Sachs in London in various principal investing roles.Mr. Tammela received a BA in Economics and International Affairs from Brown University and a Masters in International Finance from Columbia University.
Peng Wei Tan
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Singapore
Peng Wei Tan is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is based in Singapore. Since joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Tan evaluates real estate investments in several property types across Asia and has been involved in various cross-border transactions including the acquisition of GE Capital’s Japanese and Australian real estate portfolios, the privatization of the UK-listed Japan Residential Investment Company, and the privatizations of Singapore-listed Croesus Retail Trust and Soilbuild Business Space REIT. Additionally, Mr. Tan focuses on investment opportunities in the digital infrastructure sector across Asia.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Tan worked in New York as an associate at Apollo Real Estate Advisors, a global real estate fund focused on opportunistic investments, where he was responsible for new investments and investment management. Prior to Apollo, Mr. Tan worked as an analyst at Morgan Stanley Real Estate in New York.
Mr. Tan received a BS from Cornell University, where he graduated summa cum laude and was a Merrill Presidential Scholar.
Priya Tandon
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Priya Tandon is a Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer in the Real Estate Finance group. She is involved with financial planning and analysis, expense management, budgeting, compensation and other administrative matters for the group.
Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. Tandon worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch focused on financial planning and analysis for the Global Wealth Management division.
Ms. Tandon received a B.S. in Finance and Economics from Rutgers University and an MBA from Cornell University.
Alice Taormina
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Alice Taormina is a Managing Director and the Head of Strategies Product and Platform Management in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Ms. Taormina joined Blackstone in 2005 and was previously responsible for overseeing compliance monitoring for alternative funds, leveraged vehicles, separately managed accounts, publicly traded closed-end funds and an exchange traded fund and managed the leveraged loan operations and trade settlement teams responsible for the group's bank debt portfolio.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Taormina worked as an Associate at Royal Bank of Canada in the CLO operations group. Ms. Taormina began her career at Credit Agricole Indosuez where she was an Analyst in CLO Operations.
Ms. Taormina received a BS from Boston University and graduated magna cum laude.
Ray Taylor
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Ray Taylor is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Taylor has been involved in Blackstone’s real estate asset management activities, with a focus on the group’s investments in student housing, film studios, residential and logistics.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Taylor was a Principal at KKR, where he spent 6 years focused on the acquisition, financing and asset management of various property types across Europe. Prior to KKR, Mr. Taylor worked in the Real Estate Finance and Special Opportunities team at J.P. Morgan in London. Mr. Taylor began his career at Goldman Sachs in New York in the mortgage trading department.
Mr. Taylor received a BSc at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.
Henry Tian
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - London
Henry Tian is a Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group in London. Since joining Blackstone Mr. Tian has been involved in the firm’s investments in De Nora, Superbet, Residomo and Hipgnosis. Mr. Tian was also involved in all of Tactical Opportunities’ European investments in residential and commercial real estate across the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and Greece. Mr. Tian currently serves as a Director of Hipgnosis.
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Tian was an Associate at Goldman Sachs in the Structured Finance team within the Investment Banking Division.
Mr. Tian received a BA in Economics from Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
Elliot Tight
Managing Director
BXMA - San Francisco
Elliot Tight is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2022, Mr. Tight was a Principal at Kyndle Capital, where he was responsible for identifying hedge fund and co-investment opportunities. Prior to Kyndle, Mr. Tight was a Portfolio Manager and Head of Alternatives for SFG Asset Advisors, a single-family office in San Francisco. Prior to SFG, Mr. Tight worked as a Financial Analyst at Dubai Cares, a foundation in the UAE.
Mr. Tight received a BA in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Brian Towers
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Brian Towers is a Managing Director within the Institutional Client Solutions group of Blackstone Credit. He is responsible for sales and product strategy across private and liquid credit strategies.
Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Towers served as Head of Product Strategy and Client Portfolio Management for AIG Investments, before which he served as Head of Institutional Product Strategy and Strategic Client Engagement for Invesco. Earlier in his career, Mr. Towers held roles in product strategy and investor relations at BlackRock and Lyxor Asset Management.
Mr. Towers earned a BA with honors from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and serves on the Research Committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association.
Scott Trebilco
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Los Angeles
Scott Trebilco is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in Los Angeles. Mr. Trebilco currently focuses on new opportunistic and core plus investment opportunities in the hospitality sector.
Before joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Trebilco was a Vice President in the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging investment banking group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mr. Trebilco received degrees in Finance and Law from The University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he graduated with honors. He also serves on the board of the AHLA Foundation.
Florent Trichet
Managing Director
BXCI - Paris
Florent Trichet is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Paris. Mr. Trichet is involved in the origination, execution, and management of investments across the capital structure, with a particular focus on France and French financial sponsors.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Trichet was part of the European Private Debt team at BlackRock where he was Head of Private Debt France. Prior to that, Mr. Trichet was a Managing Director at Hayfin Capital Management. Mr. Trichet started his career in the Investment Banking divisions of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas, based in London and Paris.
Mr. Trichet received a master’s degree from the HEC business school in Paris, where he majored in Finance.
Keith Tsui
Managing Director
Real Estate - Hong Kong
Keith Tsui is a Managing Director based in Hong Kong and is the Head of Business Finance for Asia Pacific supporting the Real Estate, Private Equity and Tactical Opportunities businesses.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Tsui spent 22 years in the professional services industry with over 16 years in PwC based in Hong Kong and was a partner in PwC’s Deals Advisory team advising on transactions across Asia-Pacific for private equity funds and corporates. Mr. Tsui started his career at Ernst & Young in Sydney working in the Assurance (Financial Services) and Transaction Advisory Services team.
Mr. Tsui received a Bachelor of Commerce degree and Master of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales. He is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ).
Weston Tucker
Sr. Managing Director
Shareholder Relations - New York
Weston Tucker is the Head of Shareholder Relations for Blackstone. Since joining the firm in 2007, Mr. Tucker's primary responsibility has been managing Blackstone’s interface with public shareholders and the equity analyst community. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Tucker was an equity research analyst for JPMorgan, covering the telecom and cable sectors. He began his career at AT&T, where he worked in a variety of finance roles including investor relations and communications, as well as corporate development.
Mr. Tucker graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Business Administration from Ohio State University.
William Tugurian
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Los Angeles
William Tugurian is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions Group involved in raising capital for Blackstone’s private and public funds in the Southern California region, which also includes Arizona, Utah and Southern Nevada. Prior to joining Blackstone in July, 2014, Mr. Tugurian was a Managing Director at Arcus Capital Partners, a boutique investment advisory firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was responsible for business development and client service for Arcus in the Western United States. In addition, Mr. Tugurian served as Head of Arcus’ West Coast office. Previously, Mr. Tugurian was an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management business. He spent 16 years at Morgan Stanley, including 12 years as a Private Wealth Advisor in the firm’s Private Wealth Management group and was based in New York. In addition, Mr. Tugurian spent four years in various management roles throughout Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Mr. Tugurian holds a MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and a BA from the University of Alabama.
Pwin Tuntasood
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Pwin Tuntasood is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Tuntasood is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with primarily North American insurance companies.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Tuntasood held senior insurance business and product development roles at Partners Group, and was Head of Insurance Solutions at Jefferies Credit Partners. Prior to that, he was at BlackRock, most recently as a business development professional within their Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Tuntasood began his career at BlackRock as a fixed income product specialist.
Mr. Tuntasood earned a BA in Economics from Cornell University and is a CFA charterholder.
Emily Tvetenstrand
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Emily Tvetenstrand is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance group, focusing on Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Tvetenstrand worked at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as an associate in its mergers and acquisitions practice group, where she represented strategic and financial sponsor clients in public and private M&A transactions.
Ms. Tvetenstrand received a BA, cum laude, in both Mathematics and Philosophy from Columbia University (Columbia College). She received her JD from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Chris Tynan
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Sydney
Christopher J. Tynan is the Head of Real Estate Australia, based in Sydney. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Tynan has been involved in Blackstone’s investments across Australia and New Zealand.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Tynan was a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley where he led real estate investing activities in Australasia for Morgan Stanley's real estate funds.
Mr. Tynan received a Bachelor of Commerce (Merit) and a Bachelor of Laws from University of New South Wales. He currently serves on the Board of 151 Property Group.
Nikhil Vaidya
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Nikhil Vaidya is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) on the Public Investments team, based in New York. Mr. Vaidya focuses on investments in public real estate securities and real estate private placements.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Vaidya worked at Bank of Montreal, specializing in CMBS, RMBS, and Agency CMOs within their Securitized Products Franchise.
Mr. Vaidya received a BS in Operations Research and a Master of Engineering in Financial Engineering from Cornell University.
Andrea Valeri
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - Italy
Andrea Valeri is a Senior Managing Director, the Co-Chief Investment Officer for Blackstone Credit and Insurance’s (BXCI) European and APAC private credit businesses, and the Chairman of Blackstone Italy.
Prior to his current role Mr. Valeri worked in the Tactical Opportunities Group and led several investments including Center Parcs and JOA Group. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Valeri was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, and worked at Bain & Co.
Mr. Valeri received an MBA from Columbia University, where he graduated with honors, and a master’s degree in Engineering and Management from the University of Padua, where he graduated magna cum laude. Mr. Valeri serves as a Director of De Nora, JOA Group, Beauparc, Murka and SuperBet.
Rachana Vashi
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Rachana Vashi is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is involved with the European Core+ business. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Vashi spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group, both in New York and London. Prior to that, Ms. Vashi worked in the Leveraged Finance and M&A teams at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Vashi received a B.A from Dartmouth College and a MBA from Columbia Business School.
Jeremie Veisse
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Jeremie Veisse is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London.
Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Veisse has been involved with asset management and transaction activities across the UK, Continental Europe and the Nordics, on a variety of real estate classes including residential, hospitality, office, retail, logistics and arches.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Veisse was an Analyst at AXA Real Assets, in Paris and London, where he focused on real estate investments and developments across Europe.
Mr. Veisse received a Master in Urbanism and Real Estate from ESSEC Business School in Paris, as well as Master in Finance from ESSCA Business School.
Lana Vetter
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Lana Vetter is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group at Blackstone based in New York. Ms. Vetter is focused on portfolio management and the dissemination of insights across the global real estate business.
Before joining Blackstone in 2018, Ms. Vetter worked at EY in the Transaction Real Estate Advisory group, where she focused on strategic consulting projects across the hospitality & leisure and commercial real estate industries.
Ms. Vetter received a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University, where she graduated with honors and was a Merrill Presidential Scholar.
Ayshwarya Vikram
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - Mumbai
Ayshwarya Vikram is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations Group where she handles asset management for Blackstone’s private equity investments in India. She also leads the ESG-driven value creation agenda across Asia Private Equity portfolio.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Vikram worked as a Principal at KKR Capstone in India, in a role spanning both investing and value creation. She started her career with the Boston Consulting Group post her MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She also holds a BE (Honors) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani.
Francesco Vitulano
Managing Director
BXCI - Italy
Francesco Vitulano is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Italy. Mr. Vitulano is involved in the origination, execution and monitoring of private debt investments.
Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Vitulano worked within the Investment Team at Harbourmaster Capital Management for 5 years where his primary responsibilities included analyzing investment opportunities.
Mr. Vitulano received a BSc in Financial Market Management from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) in 2005.
Matt Vizza
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Matt Vizza is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group focused on the asset management of various investments in the hospitality sector.
Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Vizza worked for Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management on the investments team.
Mr. Vizza received a B.S. from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.
Blake Vogt
Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - New York
Blake Vogt is a Executive Director in the Private Equity Group. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Vogt has been involved in the development and coordination of Blackstone’s eSourcing program within Private Equity’s Portfolio Operations Team. Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Vogt worked at Emerson where he held various positions in the Global Supply Chain Organization including eSourcing Specialist, Global Commodity Manager, Director Strategic Sourcing, and Director eSourcing and Systems where he was responsible for administrating the eSourcing toolset and processes across the enterprise globally. Mr. Vogt received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Southern Illinois and an M.B.A. from St. Louis University.
Leon Volchyok
Sr. Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex
Leon Volchyok is the General Counsel for the Private Wealth Solutions business. Mr. Volchyok plays a key role in the structuring, launch and operations of the firm’s individual investor focused vehicles and serves as the Chief Legal Officer for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT).
Mr. Volchyok is the prior chairman of the Board for the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives and on the Executive Committee of NAREIT’s Public Non-listed REIT Council.
Mr. Volchyok received a BBA from Baruch College – Zicklin School of Business and a JD from Fordham Law School.
Michael Vrana
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Michael Vrana is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London. Mr. Vrana leads Blackstone’s real estate acquisitions in the U.K. and Ireland. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Vrana has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments in Europe, including iQ Student Accommodation, St Modwen Properties plc, The Arch Company, Sage Homes, and The Office Group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Vrana was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he spent eight years focused on equity and debt investment opportunities in North America on behalf of Goldman Sachs’ real estate private equity group.
Mr. Vrana graduated from Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Vrana serves on the Built Environment Committee of The Prince’s Trust.
Justin Wai
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Hong Kong
Justin Wai is the Head of Real Estate China, based in Hong Kong. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Wai has focused on acquiring and managing real estate investments in Greater China, including the establishment of Blackstone’s logistics portfolio in China, the acquisition of Tysan Holdings and the Taubman Asia portfolio.
Mr. Wai graduated from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration in 2006, where he was a Meinig National Scholar. Mr. Wai is a member of the Leadership Council of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Hong Kong Government’s Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged, and a trustee of Northfield Mount Hermon School. Mr. Wai is also Chairman of Tysan Holdings.
Peter Wallace
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Peter Wallace is the Global Head of Core Private Equity for Blackstone. Mr. Wallace leads Blackstone’s private equity investments in the services, leisure, and consumer/retail sectors. He also serves on several of the firm’s investment committees.
Since joining Blackstone in 1997, Mr. Wallace has led or been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Alight Solutions, AlliedBarton Security Services, Allied Waste, American Axle & Manufacturing, Centennial Communications, Centerplate (formerly Volume Services America), Chamberlain Group, CommNet Cellular, Encore Global, GCA Services, International Data Group, LocusPoint Networks, Merlin Entertainments, Michaels Stores, New Skies Satellites, Pinnacle Foods/Birds Eye Foods, PSSI, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment (formerly Busch Entertainment Corporation), Servpro, Sirius Satellite Radio, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Universal Orlando, Vivint, Vivint Solar and the Weather Channel.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Chamberlain Group, CoreTrust, International Data Group, Merlin Entertainments, PSSI, Servpro and Tropical Smoothie Cafe. He is a trustee of Children’s Aid Society, one of America’s oldest and largest children’s nonprofits.
Mr. Wallace received an AB from Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Bobby Wallace
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Bobby Wallace is a Managing Director in the Infrastructure and Asset Based Credit group within in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Wallace focuses on investments in the residential real estate and mortgage origination sectors and is involved in the sourcing, underwriting, and structuring of credit investments.
Before joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Wallace worked at JPMorgan in their Asset & Wealth Management business, focused on investing across multi-asset class discretionary portfolios.
Mr. Wallace received a BS, magna cum laude, in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and is a CFA Charterholder. Mr. Wallace currently serves on the Board of Directors of LendingOne and Encore Finance.
Rob Walsh
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Rob Walsh is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. Mr. Walsh is involved with originating and executing upon investments in the energy transition, renewable energy, and sustainability sectors.
Before joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Walsh served as an Associate within the Leveraged Finance Origination & Restructuring Group at Credit Suisse, where he focused on advising clients across multiple industries on various high yield and leveraged loan financings. Mr. Walsh began his career at J.P. Morgan, where he focused on various project management and internal consulting roles within the investment bank.
Mr. Walsh graduated cum laude from Amherst College with a BA in History and received an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Alexander Walsh
Sr. Managing Director
Private Equity - London
Alexander Walsh is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group in London, where he focuses on the Consumer, Media and Leisure sectors. In addition, Mr. Walsh is involved in Blackstone’s investment activities in the UK. Mr. Walsh currently serves as a Director of Adevinta, ATG (Ambassador Theatre Group), Bourne Leisure, and the National Exhibition Centre.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Walsh was a Managing Director at TowerBrook where he was involved in leading and executing investments in various sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Walsh was a Principal at CapVest.
Mr. Walsh received an MA in Economics and History at the University of St Andrews. Mr. Walsh is a Trustee of Impetus, an organization working to transform the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. He is also a trustee of the Terrence Higgins Trust.
Stacy Wang
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Stacy Wang is a Managing Director and the Head of Stakeholder Relations for Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Prior to her current role, Ms. Wang focused on fundraising, product strategy, and client relationships across private and opportunistic credit products for institutional and retail investors.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Wang worked as an Investment Banking Associate at Natixis, where she focused on leveraged finance and M&A transactions.
Ms. Wang graduated from the Stern School of Business at New York University with a BS in Finance and Journalism.
Kelly Wannop
Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Kelly Wannop is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in New York, where she focuses on investments in the Technology and Financial Services sectors. She currently serves as a Director of IntraFi Network and Sphera. Before joining the Private Equity group in 2011, Ms. Wannop worked in the Restructuring & Reorganization Advisory practice.
Ms. Wannop received an AB in Economics with a secondary field in Government from Harvard College, where she graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was named a Siebel Scholar and an Arjay Miller Scholar.
John Watson
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
John Watson is a Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group, where he focuses on investment opportunities in the Media and Communications sectors. Mr. Watson has been involved in the firm’s investments across several asset classes including CoreWeave, Hotwire and New Tradition Media.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Watson worked at Morgan Stanley as an investment professional for the firm’s Infrastructure fund, and prior as an Investment Banker in the Media and Communications group.
Mr. Watson received a BA from Wesleyan University, an MBA from Columbia Business School. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of YES Network, Certified Collectibles Group, New Tradition Media and as an observer for Coreweave.
David Watters
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
David Watters is a Senior Managing Director and leads insurance and multi-asset investment grade asset allocation for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in January 2021, Mr. Watters was a Managing Director at HC2 Holdings, Inc., a diversified holding company. He was responsible for overall investment strategy while investing across multiple asset classes for HC2’s insurance subsidiary. He previously worked at BTG Pactual Asset Management, HRG Group, Inc., and Harbinger Capital Partners in credit investing roles.
Mr. Watters received an AB in Economics from Harvard College.
Christopher Weber
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Christopher Weber is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and part of the Core+ Real Estate Europe team based in London. Mr. Weber joined Blackstone in 2019 and is involved in the management of the European Core+ business.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Weber was an Executive Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Goldman Sachs, both in New York and London. Mr. Weber was previously an Assistant Vice President at Phoenix Property Investors in Hong Kong and prior to that he worked in the Global Markets group at Bank of America in New York.
Mr. Weber received a BS from Georgetown University, where he graduated magna cum laude, and an MBA with distinction from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Peter Werhahn
Managing Director
Real Estate - London
Peter Werhahn is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London, where he focuses on investment opportunities in the hospitality sector across Europe.
Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Werhahn has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments in Europe and the U.S., including the acquisitions of Bourne Leisure, Gramercy Property Trust, Pure Industrial REIT and Dream Global REIT. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Werhahn was an Analyst in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Werhahn graduated with Distinction from the University of Oxford, where he received a MSc in Financial Economics, and with First-Class Honours from the University of Mannheim, where he received a BSc in Business Administration.
Jacob Werner
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - Miami
Jacob Werner is Co-Head of Americas Acquisitions for Blackstone Real Estate and a member of Blackstone Real Estate’s global investment committee.
Since joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Werner has been involved in more than $100 billion of real estate investments across several property sectors and has worked on various transactions, including the acquisition of BioMed Realty, American Campus Communities, Pure Industrial, Home Partners of America, and Education Realty Trust.
Mr. Werner received a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia where he graduated with distinction and currently serves on the board of Hudson River Park Friends.
Aaron Weymouth
Managing Director
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Aaron Weymouth is a Managing Director in the Technology and Innovations group at Blackstone. He oversees product development across Blackstone’s Private Equity businesses where he advises the firm's private equity teams and portfolio companies on internally built and third-party product strategy.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Weymouth served as the Chief Product Officer at ROKO Labs, where he led the development of B2C SaaS products for clients in the finance, healthcare, gaming and consumer industries. Prior to that, he worked at Relationship Science, where he led the mobile product team and helped build the company. Mr. Weymouth began his career at S&P Capital IQ, focused on product management.
Mr. Weymouth received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Kurt Wheeler
Operating Partner
Blackstone Life Sciences - San Francisco
Kurt C. Wheeler is an Operating Partner in the Blackstone Life Sciences group and a member of its Investment Committee, having joined Blackstone as part of its acquisition of Clarus in December 2018. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Wheeler was a co-founder and Managing Director of Clarus since the firm's inception in 2005.
Mr. Wheeler has over 30 years of direct investment and industry operating experience within the healthcare sector where he has led investments in the medical technology, specialty pharmaceutical, and biotechnology space including partnerships with pharmaceutical companies. Prior to Clarus, Mr. Wheeler was a General Partner at MPM Capital, a healthcare venture capital firm. Mr. Wheeler was a co-founder and CEO of InControl, a medical device company which he sold to Guidant.
Mr. Wheeler holds a BA from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School.
Carlos Whitaker
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Carlos Whitaker is a Senior Managing Director with Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) based in New York and serves as President of Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE: BXSL), where he oversees management, business development, and performance of these investment vehicles.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Mr. Whitaker was at Credit Suisse, where he was a Managing Director and held senior executive roles in the Global Markets division, including Head of New York Advisory Sales and Co-Head of Europe, Middle East, & Africa Advisory Sales.
Mr. Whitaker received a Bachelor of Arts from the Plan II Honors Program, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, and a Master of Professional Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with honors as a Sommerfeld Scholar. He is a member of the McCombs School of Business Advisory Council at the University of Texas at Austin. He also sits on the boards of New York for McCombs and Apollo Theater in Harlem.
Paul White
Managing Director
Executive Offices - New York
Paul White is a Managing Director in the Finance Group. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. White has been involved in a variety of matters pertaining to individual financial planning, cash management, investments, philanthropy, taxation and accounting.
Before joining Blackstone in 2004, Mr. White worked as a Senior Tax Manager at Deloitte and Touche and as a Tax Principal at Arthur Andersen LLP, focusing in the areas of individual tax consulting, planning and compliance.
Mr. White received a BA in English from Tufts University. An MS from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and an MBA from Baruch College.
Caroline Widman
Managing Director
Human Resources - Los Angeles
Caroline Widman is a Managing Director in the Human Resources Group. Since joining Blackstone, Ms. Widman has focused on Blackstone’s organizational development efforts, including the firm’s performance evaluation process. She has also been involved in Human Resources systems and process development initiatives, and has managed many firm charity campaigns, diversity and training programs. Before joining Blackstone in 2004, Ms. Widman worked as a Program Coordinator at Reach Out and Read of Greater New York. Ms. Widman received a BA in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and an MA in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University.
Michael Wiebolt
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Mike Wiebolt is the Global Co-Chief Investment Officer in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”), based in New York. BREDS invests in public and private real estate credit globally on behalf of a variety of institutional, public and insurance capital vehicles.
Prior to joining Blackstone, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co where he was most recently responsible for trading high yield CMBS and CRE CDOs.
Mr. Wiebolt holds a BA in History from Carleton College, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Wiebolt also received a Master’s in Business Administration from the Columbia Graduate School of Business. Mr. Wiebolt serves on the Board of Trustees at Carleton College and the Associates Council of Prep for Prep.
Jeffrey Wilkie
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Andrew Winchell
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Andrew Winchell is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS") on the Private Investments team, based in New York. Mr. Winchell is involved in the sourcing, underwriting, and structuring of debt investments with a focus on the data centers sector. Mr. Winchell has worked for both the BREDS and Real Estate Capital Markets teams in London and New York.
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2017, Mr. Winchell Worked at Fortress Investment Group as a Real Estate Investment Analyst.
Mr. Winchell received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University.
John Winn
Managing Director
BXTI - New York
John Winn is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations group, providing strategic support and advice to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio companies with a focus on technology, cloud computing and digital innovation.
Before joining the Portfolio Operations group, Mr. Winn was a Principal Architect for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in their private equity group. Prior to that, Mr. Winn was the Chief Product and Risk Officer of Amphora and Solutions Director at Eka, both leading providers of Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) software. Mr. Winn was a Director of the Open Source Division at Finastra (formerly Misys Corporation). His team at Misys was featured in Harvard Business Review’s, “Great Leaders in Innovation.”
Mr. Winn received a Bachelor of Business (Distinction) and a Bachelor of Information Technology (Distinction) from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has a Master of Arts in Chinese Studies from the University of Sydney, and a Master of Science in Applied Statistics from Swinburne University in Melbourne, and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from Georgia Tech.
Rob Wisniewski
Managing Director
Enterprise Technology
BXTI - New York 601 Lex
Rob Wisniewski is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Technology and Innovations group and serves as the firm’s Chief Software Architect as well as the Chief Technology Officer of Client and Firmwide Platforms. He is involved with technical leadership of firmwide tools such as Niagara, BXAccess, Investran, Anaplan and their underlying frameworks.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Wisniewski served as Chief Technology Officer at CLEAR, building a technical delivery organization focused on biometric identity and security. Prior to joining CLEAR, he was Vice President of Engineering at Symphony Communications, delivering end-to-end secure and compliant messaging systems for financial services companies.
Mr. Wisniewski received a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota.
Paul Wolpe
Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Paul Wolpe is a Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Management in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies ("BREDS"), based in New York. Mr. Wolpe is responsible for analytics and portfolio insights across all BREDS strategies and vehicles.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Wolpe was a Managing Director at the CIT Group and an Executive Vice President at OneWest Bank prior to its sale to CIT. Prior to OneWest, Mr. Wolpe worked at Dune Capital where he was part of the team responsible for buying IndyMac Bank from the FDIC and creating OneWest.
Mr. Wolpe received a BS in Computer Science and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.
John Wrafter
Managing Director
BXCI - Ireland
John Wrafter is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in Ireland. Mr. Wrafter is a portfolio manager for the European commingled funds and separately managed accounts in Liquid Credit Strategies (LCS). Mr. Wrafter is also responsible for LCS’s European secondary trading activity.
Mr. Wrafter joined Blackstone in 2012 when Blackstone acquired Harbourmaster Capital Management Limited. Prior to that, Mr. Wrafter was a Senior Analyst in the Portfolio Management Group at Harbourmaster Capital Management where his main responsibility was to support the Portfolio Managers for the various Funds under management at Harbourmaster Capital. Mr. Wrafter was also involved in Investor Relations, Client Due Diligence, Capital Formation and Fund Marketing. Prior to joining Harbourmaster Capital, Mr. Wrafter worked at Bank of New York Mellon/JP Morgan Global Corporate Trust where he was responsible for various CDO Transactions. Mr. Wrafter has also spent five years working in New York, primarily trading the US Treasury and Foreign Exchange Markets.
Mr. Wrafter received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and a Masters of Business Studies Degree in Finance from University College Dublin.
Eric Wu
Sr. Managing Director
Real Estate - New York
Eric Wu is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and Global Co-Head of Real Estate Debt Capital Markets. Mr. Wu was previously Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate Americas.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Wu spent over 5 years at Barclays where he was Head of Originations for the commercial real estate lending business in the United States. Prior to Barclays, Mr. Wu worked at Morgan Stanley where he held various roles in the CMBS and merchant banking groups in the US and in Europe.
Mr. Wu received a BS in Economics and a BA in Chemistry from Duke University where he graduated magna cum laude and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Robin Wynn
Sr. Managing Director
Human Resources - New York
Robin Wynn is Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Employee Relations in the Human Resources group. Ms. Wynn focuses on coaching and guiding senior business leaders on employee issues. She also oversees the “Respect at Work” program and engages in various initiatives to help mitigate and control the firm’s risk.
Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Ms. Wynn worked as a HR Business partner supporting the liquids businesses in the Citi Alternative Investments business at Citigroup. She also played a key role supporting the Global Private Equity business at Warburg Pincus. She has held the following positions: Vice President, Senior HR Generalist at Deutsche Bank; Divisional VP, HR Generalist/Employee Relations Officer at UBS PaineWebber; and Assistant Vice President of Technology Staffing and a variety of roles at Chase Manhattan Bank.
Ms. Wynn received a BA in Behavioral Sciences from Concordia College and a MS from Fordham University.
Ms. Wynn is also the recent author of a Harvard Business Review article entitled “When to Bring in a Professional Coach."
Erin Yam
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Hong Kong
Erin Yam is a Managing Director, Head of Greater China in Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group, based in Hong Kong.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Yam focused on developing sales strategies for onshore China at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Ms. Yam was involved in the equity derivatives business at Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse.
Ms. Yam received a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Mathematics in Actuarial Science and Statistics from University of Waterloo. She is a CFA charter holder and speaks fluent English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
Ralph Yang
Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - New York
Ralph Yang is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group, where he focuses on executing transactions in the business services and financial technology and services verticals. Mr. Yang’s existing investments includes Amarok, InComm Payments, North American Bancard, Onyx-Fire, Peridot Financial and GSCF (Global Supply Chain Finance), Riveron, Trilliant, and multiple Structured Risk Transfer (SRT) investments with banks. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Yang has also been involved with Blackstone’s investments in BlueYonder, Cloudreach, Concert Golf Partners, Cylance, Finance of America, Locus Point, NCR, and Valkyrie Aviation.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Yang was an Associate at KKR & Co. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co.
Mr. Yang holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where he graduated with honors and is a Leslie Wong Fellow as part of UBC’s Portfolio Management Foundation.
Emily Yoder
Sr. Managing Director
Executive Offices - New York
Emily Yoder is a Senior Managing Director in the Strategic Relationships group. Ms. Yoder serves as a primary interface with Blackstone’s banking and other financial services partners, and is responsible for delivering a firm-wide approach to relationship management.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Ms. Yoder worked at JPMorgan as a Managing Director in their Senior Relationship Management team, focusing on hedge funds and alternative asset managers. Ms. Yoder started her career in trading for JPMorgan, and was a founding member of the Emerging Markets Eurobond Trading team at JPMorgan in London. Ms. Yoder was the primary risk taker focusing on FX, Cross-Currency Swaps, and Local Market government bonds in CEEMEA & Latin America.
Ms. Yoder currently sits on the board of Calvary, a leading end-of-life hospital and hospice care provider in the New York Tri-State area.
Ms. Yoder received a B.A. in Mathematical Economic Analysis and Latin America Studies from Rice University.
Andrew Yongvanich
Managing Director
BX Private Equity Strategies - New York
Andrew Yongvanich is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (“BXPE”) group.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Yongvanich was a Managing Director at Nuveen, where he led Product Strategy followed by Global Real Estate Product, covering both institutional and private wealth clients. He was responsible for product development, management and capital formation. Prior to joining Nuveen, Mr. Yongvanich was at UBS in the Global Alternative Investment Solutions group. He focused on sourcing and structuring private market fund offerings including private credit, real estate and hedge funds.
Mr. Yongvanich received a B.S. in Engineering from Cornell University.
Robert Young
Managing Director
Legal & Compliance - New York
Robert Young is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Department and the General Counsel for insurance in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Young practiced in the Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives group at Sidley Austin LLP. Mr. Young began his career as an Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he focused on advising sponsors of, and institutional investors in, private investment funds.
Mr. Young received a BA magna cum laude from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and a JD from Harvard Law School.
Ward Young
Sr. Managing Director
Strategic Partners - New York
Edward (“Ward”) Young is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Strategic Partners. Mr. Young serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone GP Stakes, focusing on the acquisition of minority ownership interests in private-market alternative asset management firms.
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Young spent more than 12 years at The Carlyle Group, where he focused on investments in the Infrastructure and Power sectors. Before joining Carlyle, he began his career at UBS Investment Bank.
Mr. Young received an A.B. in History and Political Science from Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude with high honors and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Pak Man Yuen
Managing Director
Real Estate - Hong Kong
Pak Man Yuen is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is based in Hong Kong. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Yuen has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments across Asia, including SCPG, Tysan Holdings, Taubman Asia and the GE Australia portfolio.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Yuen was a member of the acquisitions team at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing.
Mr. Yuen received a BS in Computer Science and MS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University, where he graduated with distinction, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a Terman Scholar. Mr. Yuen currently serves on the board of Tysan Holdings.
Robert Zable
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Robert Zable is the Global Head of Liquid Credit Strategies (LCS) within Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. In his role, Mr. Zable oversees the firm’s liquid credit activities, including CLO management, CLO investing, senior loans, multi-asset credit, investment grade and high yield bonds.
Prior to joining Blackstone Credit in 2007, Mr. Zable began his career at JP Morgan Securities Inc., where he focused on leveraged finance in New York and London.
Mr. Zable received a BS from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Alexander Zarzhevsky
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Alexander Zarzhevsky is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. He is also a senior U.S. credit research analyst involved with the ongoing analysis and evaluation of primary and secondary fixed income investments.
Mr. Zarzhevsky joined Blackstone in 2005 from RBC, where he was a Senior Associate with primary responsibility for research and analysis of investments within the collateralized debt portfolios. Previously, Mr. Zarzhevsky worked at Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd, where he was an Assistant Vice President within its leveraged finance group. At Mizuho, Mr. Zarzhevsky recommended investments across a wide range of industries on behalf of the bank’s three CDO funds, in addition to underwriting exposures for the bank.
Mr. Zarzhevsky received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business and is a CFA® Charterholder.
Michael Zawadzki
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Michael Zawadzki is the Global Chief Investment Officer for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Zawadzki serves as a Portfolio Manager for the Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED), Blackstone Senior Direct Lending Fund (BXD), Blackstone Green Private Credit Fund III (BGREEN III), and Blackstone Multi-Asset Credit Fund (BMAC).
Prior to joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. Zawadzki was with Citigroup Private Equity. Before that, he worked in the investment banking division of Salomon Smith Barney.
Mr. Zawadzki received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Ivana Zecevic
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Ivana Zecevic is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Ms. Zecevic has been involved with investments in quantitative trading strategies across asset classes and fund maturities.
Ms. Zecevic received a A.B. in Applied Mathematics with a Secondary Field in Economics from Harvard University.
Liping Zhang
Sr. Managing Director
Greater China - Hong Kong
Liping Zhang is a Senior Managing Director and Chairman, Greater China of Blackstone.
Mr. Zhang has over 30 years of financial industry, corporate management and government sector experience. He commenced his career at China’s Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation in Beijing in the early eighties and held a number of senior positions at other organizations including Co-CEO, Greater China and Vice Chairman of the Global Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse, Managing Director of Pacific Concord Group, Managing Director and Geographic Head – Greater China Region of Dresdner Banking Group and Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Banking Division.
Mr. Zhang graduated from Beijing University’s school of International Business & Economics and received a master’s degree in International Affairs and International Law from St. John’s University in New York. He also attended NYU Stern’s MBA program. He is currently a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee, Guangxi Autonomous Region, a member of the Board of Trustees of Beijing University of International Business and Economics, a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Financial Services Advisory Committee and the Asian Financial Forum Steering Committee.
James Zhang
Managing Director
BXMA - Hong Kong
James Zhang is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2023, Mr. Zhang was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he was head of the Hong Kong & Taiwan Client Business. He was responsible for advising institutional clients on asset management solutions across the firm's private and public investing platforms, including alternative investments, equities, fixed income and liquidity management.
Mr. Zhang received a BA from the University of Notre Dame and is a CFA charterholder.
Frank Zhao
Managing Director
Real Estate - Shanghai
Frank Zhao is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in Shanghai. Since joining Blackstone in 2016, Mr. Zhao has focused on sourcing and executing real estate investments across China, including DragonCor Logistics Portfolio, Guangzhou R&F Logistics Park, Westlink and Aroma Garden.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Zhao worked in Hong Kong as a Vice President at Proprium Capital Partners, where he was responsible for investments in Greater China. Prior to that, Mr. Zhao worked at Warburg Pincus and Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Division, focusing on the real estate sector.
Mr. Zhao graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2008, where he received a Bachelor degree of Business Administration.
Stephen Zhu
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Stephen Zhu is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA).
Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Zhu was a Portfolio Manager at Axonic Capital for its hedge fund, long-only, and separately managed accounts focused on credit strategies globally. Prior to Axonic, Mr. Zhu was a Trader at Ellington Management Group focused on structured credit investments and portfolio management.
Mr. Zhu received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a B.S. in Biology from MIT and a M.S. in Computer Science from UCLA.
Mark Zhu
Managing Director
Private Equity - New York
Mark Zhu is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group where he is focused on investment activity in the energy and energy transition sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Zhu has been involved with the firm’s investments in Sabre Industries, Power Grid Components, Onyx Renewables, Custom Truck One Source, Lightstone Generation, Guidon Energy, and Swallowtail Royalties.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Zhu worked at Bank of Montreal’s Energy and Infrastructure Group.
Mr. Zhu received a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Guam and a Master of Management Studies from Duke University.
Joseph Zidle
Sr. Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - New York 601 Lex
Joe Zidle is a Senior Managing Director and the Chief Investment Strategist in the Private Wealth Solutions group. Previously, he worked at Richard Bernstein Advisors, an independent investment advisor, where he was responsible for portfolio strategy, asset allocation, investment management and marketing to major wealth management firms and independent RIAs. Zidle previously spent nearly a decade at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, most recently serving as Head of Investment Strategy for Global Wealth Management and Deputy Director of the Research Investment Committee, where he was responsible for creating and communicating global investment strategies to the firm's private client division across all major investment disciplines. Mr. Zidle holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History from Emory University. From 1993 to 2001, he served as a specialist in military intelligence for the U.S. Army Reserves.
Amanda Ziegler
Managing Director
Finance - New York 601 Lex
Amanda Ziegler is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group. Ms. Ziegler is co-head of the firm’s Global Fund Finance Group. She is involved in the accounting, financial reporting and investor reporting for the Blackstone Real Estate opportunistic funds and investment entities.
Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Ziegler worked at Neuberger Berman as a Managing Director and Global Corporate Controller. Prior to Neuberger Berman, she worked at Och-Ziff Capital Management (currently known as Sculptor Capital) as the global head of Valuation and the head of fund accounting for the Private Equity and Real Estate funds. Prior to Sculptor Capital, she was a valuation consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Duff and Phelps. Prior to those roles, she was an engineer at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
Ms. Ziegler received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Emory University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a CFA charter holder.
Raphael de Botton
Sr. Managing Director
Tactical Opportunities - London
Raphael de Botton is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities group, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. de Botton has been involved in Blackstone's investments in Tangerine, TDC, Tragus, Versace, AAG, Clarion, JOA, Murka, Superbet, HH Global, Sipartech, Lazeo and SII Group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. de Botton worked at Lazard in the Mergers and Acquisition division, in New York.
Mr. de Botton graduated from ESSEC Business School with a Master’s degree in Finance and from the French National Institute of Telecommunications with a Master's of Science. Mr. de Botton serves as a director of JOA, Murka, HH Global, Lazeo and SII Group.
Rafael de Fex
Managing Director
Private Wealth Solutions - Miami
Rafael de Fex is a Managing Director in the Private Wealth Solutions Group and the Institutional Client Solutions Group. He focuses on capital raising and relationships with wealth managers, family offices, pension funds, and other limited partners across Latin America.
Mr. de Fex joined Blackstone after 16 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), where he most recently served as Head of the Latin America Client Business. Prior to GSAM, Mr. de Fex was the head of foreign reserves for the Central Bank of Colombia, where he was responsible for overseeing the management and investing of Colombia’s foreign reserves.
Mr. de Fex received a Master of Business Administration from McGill University and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Universidad del Norte. Mr. de Fex also is a CFA Charterholder.
Carlos de Mello
Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Carlos de Mello is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Mr. de Mello is focused on capital markets, including the leverage and financing of BXCI’s funds and investments.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. de Mello worked in the Commodity Trade Finance group at Brown Brothers Harriman.
Mr. de Mello received a Bachelors of Art in Political Science from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
Robert de Veer
Managing Director
BXMA - New York
Robert de Veer is a Managing Director in Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing.
Before joining Blackstone in 2024, Mr. De Veer served as Chief Risk Officer at AssuredIM (formerly BlueMountain Capital Management), a multi-strategy credit investment firm. Prior to AssuredIM, Mr. De Veer was a Vice President at The Carlyle Group from 2008 to 2017, where he focused on portfolio construction, investment analytics, and managed accounts across Carlyle’s Investment Solutions business.
Mr. De Veer received a MSc. In Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Sciences, a MSc. in Investment Analysis, a BSc. in Econometrics & OR, and a BSc. in International Business, all from Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Mr. De Veer is CFA, FRM, and CAIA charterholder.
Courtney della Cava
Sr. Managing Director
Portfolio Operations - San Francisco
Courtney della Cava is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Portfolio Talent & Organizational Performance. She leads a team that drives value creation by improving leadership and organizational effectiveness across the Blackstone portfolio.
Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Courtney served as a Partner at Bain & Company. With more than 20 years of global management consulting experience at Bain & Company in their Los Angeles, London and San Francisco offices, she served clients across multiple industry sectors. As a leader within their Talent and Leadership practice, Courtney most recently advised corporate and private equity clients on CEO and board effectiveness and organizational and talent solutions, and she also built and led several of the firm’s global human capital teams and client capabilities. She also served as a Partner and Managing Director for Russell Reynolds Associates, a global executive search and talent assessment firm, and the European Marketing Director for M&M Mars. She spent the first chapter of her career at WPP.
Courtney earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from The University of California, Los Angeles, with a BA in Economics. She currently serves on the boards of Mphasis, Renaissance and Rover.
Heather von Zuben
Sr. Managing Director
BXCI - New York
Heather von Zuben is a Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of Perpetual Fund Solutions for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.
Ms. von Zuben joined Blackstone in 2022 after 15 years at Goldman Sachs, where she held a range of leadership roles in business development across alternative investment solutions, most recently as the Global Head of Wealth Management Alternatives. Prior to that, she led private equity business development efforts for both private wealth and institutional clients as the Global Head of Private Equity Client Engagement and Product Strategy. She started her career as a legal associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Ms. von Zuben received a BS from Georgetown University and a JD from Columbia Law School.