Our People

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

BAAM - New York

Riad Abrahams is a Senior Managing Director in BAAM, 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.

Michael Addeo

Managing Director

Credit - New York

Michael Addeo is a Managing Director and Head of Restructuring in Blackstone Credit. Mr. Addeo handles restructuring and liability management activities, including recapitalizations of existing investments, and sources new opportunities around restructuring transactions.

Before joining Blackstone Credit in 2011, then known as GSO Capital Partners, 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 Board of Directors of Belk, Inc. and Thunderbird Resources.

Abhishek Agarwal

Managing Director

Real Estate - London

Abhishek Agarwal is a 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.

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

BAAM - New York

Akin Akinrinade is a Managing Director of the Hedge Fund Solutions Group. Mr. Akinrinade is involved in the the day-to day trading operations for the Hedge fund Solutions Group’s direct trading strategies and the design and implementation of the operational infrastructure supporting the Hedge Fund Solutions business.

Before joining Blackstone in July 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 fundamental 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.

Farez Alibay

Managing Director

Asset Based Finance - New York

Farez Alibay is a Managing Director in Blackstone Asset Based Finance within Blackstone Structured Finance Group. Mr. Alibay joined Blackstone in 2018 and is involved in credit origination and underwriting.

Previously, Mr. Alibay was a Director of Investments at Guggenheim Life and Annuity Company, where he led direct investments across multiple asset classes including structured products, corporate debt, and equity. Prior to joining Guggenheim, Mr. Alibay held various positions at EARNEST Partners and Lehman Brothers.

Mr. Alibay received a BS in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, an MEng in Computer Science from Cornell University, and an MBA from The Wharton School, where he was awarded Robert Toigo Foundation Fellowship. Mr. Alibay is a CFA® Charterholder.

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.

Matt Anderson

Managing Director

Corporate Affairs - New York

Matt Anderson is a 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.

Amira Artis

Managing Director

Credit - New York

Amira K. Artis is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. Since joining Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2016, Ms. Artis has focused on marketing and client relationships.

Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Artis worked as an analyst in the Debt Capital Markets Group within the Investment Banking Division and subsequently the Office of the Chairman, Client Strategy Group at Goldman Sachs.

Ms. Artis received a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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.

Lionel Assant

Sr. Managing Director

Private Equity - London

Lionel Assant is the European Head of Private Equity for Blackstone, based in London. In addition, he is a member of the Investment Committee for the Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Growth Equity (BXG) funds. Since joining Blackstone in 2003, Mr. Assant has been involved in various European investments and investment opportunities.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Assant was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where he worked for seven years in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management and Private Equity divisions.

Mr. Assant graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique with a Master’s degree in Economics. He serves as a Director of Cerdia, Clarion Events, Schenck Process, CIRSA, the National Exhibition Centre, BME (formerly CRH Building Materials Distribution), Bourne Leisure and VFS. Mr. Assant served on the boards of Gerresheimer, Klockner Pentaplast, Mivisa, United Biscuits, Alliance Automotive Group, Tangerine, Intertrust and Armacell. He is also involved with Impetus, a charitable foundation which provides resources to improve the lives of children and young people living in poverty.

Getty Atienza

Managing Director

BAAM - New York

Getty Atienza is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Product Management for Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM).

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 Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering and his Bachelor of Arts degree 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.

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.

Jon Bailey

Managing Director

Credit - San Francisco

Jon Bailey is a Managing Director for Blackstone Credit’s Systematic Strategies unit.

Prior to Blackstone’s acquisition of DCI in 2020, Mr. Bailey was CCO and Head of Operations at DCI, LLC 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 B.A. in English from the University of Delaware.

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. 

Robert Barthelmes

Managing Director

Portfolio Operations - 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 self-storage investments.   

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Bartley was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs where he led East Coast acquisitions efforts for GSAM Private Real Estate. 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.

Jonny Bauer

Managing Director

Portfolio Operations - New York

Jonny Bauer is a Managing Director in Portfolio Operations.  He leads the brand and business strategy in Blackstone’s Brand Strategy and transformation practice for its portfolio companies. He is responsible for ensuring a brand’s purpose, categorical positioning and values are clearly defined upstream in the sequence of value creation and are connected to all elements of the business transformation for Blackstone portfolio companies.  Over a career that has crossed four continents, Jonny has helped create some of the most innovative and influential brand transformations over the last two decades.

Prior to Blackstone, Jonny was Partner and Global Chief Strategy Officer at Droga5 (Adage’s and Adweek’s agency of the decade 2020), where he founded and led the strategic function at the agency while overseeing all strategic efforts for clients and new business, including brand and business strategy, innovation, media, data strategy and experience strategy. Recent experience includes leading the transformational thinking for JP Morgan Chase, Google, Facebook, Dyson, LVMH, Prudential, New York Times, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas, United Rentals, among others. In 2011 he was the youngest inductee to the American Advertising Federation's Advertising Hall of Achievement (and only strategist), and in 2020 was named Chief Strategy Officer of the Year by AdAge’s Creativity Awards.

Jonny holds a Bachelor of Business from UTS Sydney.

Adam Bauman

Managing Director

Real Estate - New York

Adam Bauman is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Securities Group within Blackstone’s Structured Finance Group where he focuses on liquid debt investments for insurance clients.

Before 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 in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group. Mr. Bavishi currently focuses on new investment opportunities in Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT), and 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, SESAC, Simpli.fi, Tradeweb, Trilliant Food & Nutrition, Ultimate Software, and Vungle. He currently serves as a Director of Ancestry, Bumble, Liftoff/Vungle, SESAC, and Simpli.fi.

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bavishi was an Associate at Olympus Partners where he evaluated and executed private equity investments across several 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.

Nathaniel Bayko

Managing Director

Credit - New York

Nathaniel Bayko is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and U.S. credit research analyst involved with the ongoing analysis and evaluation of primary and secondary fixed income investments.

Since joining Blackstone in 2000, Mr. Bayko had been involved in the Mezzanine Group as a credit research analyst. In 2003, Mr. Bayko joined the CCS credit research team.

Mr. Bayko received a BBA from the University of Michigan Business School, where he graduated with honors. He also received a Masters of Accounting degree from the University of Michigan.

Anson Beard

Managing Director

BAAM - New York

Anson H. Beard is a Managing Director of Blackstone, where he focuses on portfolio management for BAAM's customized and commingled hedge fund portfolios and serves as a product specialist for the Horizon platform within the Hedge Fund Solutions Group (BAAM).

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 an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in History from the University of Virginia.

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

Credit - New York

John Beberus is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit focused on portfolio management. Before joining Blackstone Credit (then known as GSO Capital Partners) in 2010, Mr. Beberus was 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

Credit - New York

Jared Becker is a Managing Director and U.S. credit research analyst involved with the ongoing analysis and evaluation of primary and secondary fixed income investments. 

Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2014, Mr. Becker was with Ares Management LLC 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. Ms. Beeney oversees legal and compliance matters relating to Blackstone’s credit focused business.

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

BAAM - New York

David Ben-Ur is a Senior Managing Director in BAAM, where he serves as Chief Investment Officer of the BAAM Portfolio Solutions (BPS) 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 in 1992 and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. He received his M.P.P. in 1995 from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is a CFA® charterholder.

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, 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, Phoenix Tower International, Hotwire Communications, and NCR.

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.

Jonathan Bock

Sr. Managing Director

Credit - New York

Jonathan Bock is a Senior Managing Director, co-CEO of the firm’s two business development companies (BDCs), Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL), and Global Head of Market Research for Blackstone Credit.

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bock was the Chief Executive Officer of Barings BDC. 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 Business Development Companies (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.

Bradley Boggess

Managing Director

Credit - New York

Brad Boggess is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit and leads Asset Management for Blackstone’s Credit platform. Since joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Boggess has been focused driving operational improvements by bringing Blackstone’s broad set of capabilities to bear for Blackstone Credit’s portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Boggess was Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of Hudson Advisors, the asset management affiliate of Lone Star Funds. He also previously led the asset management team for private equity investments at Hudson. Brad served as Chairman of the Board of Continental Building Products (NYSE:CBPX) and on the Board of Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:DFRG) and Forterra, PLC (LSE:FORT). Prior to Hudson he had various roles as a management consultant and restructuring advisor at AlixPartners, Ariba, and Accenture.

Mr. Boggess was an Armor Officer in the United States Army and received a BS in Management from Tulane University.

Grant Bokerman

Managing Director

Legal & Compliance - New York

Grant Bokerman is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group, focusing on Blackstone Credit.  Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Bokerman has been involved in new business initiatives, fund structuring and related issues, investment transactions, special projects, and other legal and compliance matters.

Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Bokerman worked as a corporate associate with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York, with roles in the mergers and acquisitions and finance practice groups.  Mr. Bokerman primarily focused on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on leveraged financing transactions.

Mr. Bokerman received a B.A., magna cum laude, from the Ohio State University in 2007 and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2010.

Scott Bommer

Sr. Managing Director

BAAM - New York

Scott Bommer is a Senior Managing Director in BAAM, where he serves as Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone’s Horizon platform.

Mr. Bommer was previously the Founder and CEO of SAB Capital Management, an institutional hedge fund that he managed for over 17 years.  At SAB Capital Management, Mr. Bommer invested across multiple asset classes, including equities, distressed debt, and mortgages, with a primary focus on special situations equities and a “value and growth at a discount” approach. His investments spanned a wide range of industries including Financials, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrials, and TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications) and backed three private startup reinsurers. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bommer started his family office, focusing on venture capital, late-stage growth, and public equity investing. He began his career as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs, an Associate at McKinsey & Co., and a Portfolio Manager at Siegler, Collery & Co.

Mr. Bommer received a B.A. with Distinction in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He also spent a year in Tokyo on a Luce Scholarship. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Robin Hood Foundation.  Mr. Bommer and his wife, Donya, have endowed The Scott & Donya Bommer Professorship in Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.

Luca Bonanomi

Managing Director

Private Equity - London

Luca Bonanomi is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Bonanomi has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Center Parcs, Intertrust, Armacell, JOA, Clarion, BME (formerly CRH Europe Distribution), and Huws Gray. Mr. Bonanomi currently serves on the Board of Directors of BME and Huws Gray.

Before joining Blackstone’s London office in 2013, Mr. Bonanomi worked in the Telecommunication, Media and Technology Group at J.P. Morgan in London.

Mr. Bonanomi graduated cum laude from Bocconi University with a B.Sc. in Economics.

Toula Bougiamas

Managing Director

Legal & Compliance - New York 601 Lex

Panayiota (Toula) K. Bougiamas is a Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of Blackstone Credit. Before joining Blackstone Credit, 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 the last 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 B.S. from Cornell University and her J.D. 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 and FirstEnergy, and serves on the Board of Directors of Carrix.

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.

Benjamin Breda

Managing Director

BAAM - New York

Benjamin Breda is a Managing Director in the Hedge Fund Solutions group. He is focused on the Financial Planning and Analysis and Expense Teams.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Breda worked at Ernst & Young in Assurance as a Senior Accountant.

Mr. Breda received a BS in Finance and Accounting from the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University; graduating Cum Laude. Mr. Breda is on the Board of the Frisch School and is both a CPA and CGMA.

Matthew Breen

Managing Director

Tactical Opportunities - San Francisco

Matthew Breen is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group and is based in San Francisco. Mr. Breen is involved in sourcing, evaluating and executing private equity and growth 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 B.S. 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

BAAM - New York

Lauren Brescia is a Managing Director in the Hedge Fund Solutions Group focused on the Advisory business and leads the Investment Guideline Management team. 

Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. Brescia was a Vice President of Global Managed Investments Compliance at the Citi Private Bank, where she focused on investment advisory-related matters. Previously, Ms. Brescia served as a Manager of Investment Advisory Compliance at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Ms. Brescia received a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. in Communications from Boston College, where she graduated with distinction.

Matt Brest

Managing Director

BAAM - DC

Matthew Brest is a Managing Director of the Hedge Fund Solutions Group and a member of its Special Situations Investing Group.

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

Managing Director

Finance - New York 601 Lex

Robert Brooks is a 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

Credit - New York

Bonnie Brookshaw is a Managing Director and a Portfolio Manager for Blackstone Credit’s 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 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 asset management of Blackstone’s Life Science platform BioMed Realty and fund management of BPP Life Sciences.

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 B.B.A with a focus on Real Estate from University of Wisconsin and an MBA in Finance from Stern School of Business at New York University.

Tao Bu

Managing Director

Credit - 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.

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.

Eugene Burger

Managing Director

BAAM - New York

Eugene Burger is a Managing Director of Blackstone.

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Burger was the Head Trader at CAM Capital since 2014.  At CAM, Mr. Burger 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

Credit - Berkeley Square House London

Marion Buten is a Managing Director and COO of BXC’s alternatives business in Europe. In this role, she focuses on portfolio and team management, and leverage for European direct lending strategies. In her prior roles within BXC 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

Credit - New York

Jimmy Byun is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit, and is principally involved in originating, evaluating, executing and monitoring private credit and equity investments across a diverse range of industries.

Before joining Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, 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.

Roberto Caccia

Managing Director

BAAM - New York

Roberto Caccia is a Managing Director of the Hedge Fund Solutions Group (BAAM).

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Caccia worked as Faculty Director of the Burridge Center for Finance at the University of Colorado Boulder, Leeds School of Business. Mr. Caccia founded High Peaks Advisors, a risk management consulting firm. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, with experience in commodities, credit derivatives and risk management; while at Goldman, he created and led the counterparty risk management team for the firm’s global trading business. Before Goldman, Mr. Caccia was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co, after beginning his career as a Lieutenant in the Italian Air Force.

Mr. Caccia completed his MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management with an emphasis in Financial Engineering, and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Università La Sapienza in Rome.

Robert Camacho

Sr. Managing Director

Asset Based Finance - New York

Robert Camacho is the Global Head of Blackstone Asset Based Finance within Blackstone’s Structured Finance Group and a member of the Asset Based Finance Investment Committee.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Camacho was a partner at Goldman Sachs, responsible for financing transactions across multiple asset classes, including corporate credit, structured products and fund finance. Mr. Camacho spent over 14 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently in the Structured Funding Investing and Lending business.

Mr. Camacho graduated from Lehigh University and is a CFA® charterholder.

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

Credit - Houston

Rick Campbell is a Managing Director with Blackstone Credit. He is involved with originating and executing investments in the energy transition, renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure sectors.

Before joining Blackstone, 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 matters for the firm and its portfolio companies.

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

Credit - New York

Bob Carroll is a Managing Director and Head of Distressed Trading with Blackstone Credit. He oversees all trading activity relating to Blackstone Credit’s expansive public distressed efforts. Mr. Carroll joined Blackstone from hedgefund 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.

Michael Carruthers

Sr. Managing Director

Credit - Berkeley Square House London

Mike Carruthers is a Senior Managing Director and the Co-Chief Investment Officer for Blackstone Credit’s European and APAC private credit businesses. Mr. Carruthers is involved in the origination, researching, structuring, and managing of our investments. 

Mr. Carruthers re-joined the London team in 2022 after having previously relocated to Toronto, Canada to focus on BX Credit origination efforts in Canada and the Midwest.  Mr. Carruthers previously worked in the London office of Blackstone Credit from 2006 – 2019. Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, 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

Managing Director

Real Estate - New York

Josh Carson is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and Chief Operating Officer of Real Estate Americas Asset Management. Mr. Carson was previously involved in the asset management of Blackstone’s US 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 magna cum laude from Middlebury College.

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.

Victoria Chant

Managing Director

Credit - New York

Victoria Chant is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit (BXC). Ms. Chant is involved in the financing efforts within the Capital Formation team which creates structured solutions for Blackstone Credit.  

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.

Beth Chartoff Spector

Sr. Managing Director

Credit - New York

Beth Chartoff is the Head of Institutional Client Solutions for Blackstone Credit.

Before joining Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2005, Ms. Chartoff worked as a Director in Investment Banking at Banc of America Securities in the Financial Sponsors Group.  Prior to that she was in the investment banking groups of Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked on a variety of financing, M&A, and restructuring transactions in the consumer and retail and media and telecommunications industries.

Ms. Chartoff received a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  She is a member of the Board of Trustees of American Ballet Theater.

Bilal Chaudhry

Managing Director

BAAM - New York

Bilal Chaudhry is a Managing Director of BAAM, focusing on the Horizon platform.

Mr. Chaudhry joined the Horizon team from the Blackstone Growth (BXG) team, which he joined in 2021, focusing on Healthcare IT and technology investments. Prior to his tenure at Blackstone Growth, Mr. Chaudhry spent 4 years as a founding team member at Apax Digital in New York City, where he focused on Enterprise Technology, Healthcare Information Technology, FinTech, Digital Media, and Tech-enabled Services. Mr. Chaudhry has investment experience at Honeycomb Asset Management, where he was an Analyst in Residence, KKR & Co. and Morgan Stanley, where he started his career in 2009.

Mr. Chaudhry is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Menes Chee

Sr. Managing Director

Tactical Opportunities - New York

Menes Chee is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone and the Head of Asia Pacific for Tactical Opportunities.  He is a member of the investment committees for Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Insurance Solutions.

Prior to the launch of Tactical Opportunities, Mr. Chee was a Managing Director in Blackstone’s credit business focused on rescue lending and capital solutions.  Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Chee was a hedge fund manager with TPG-Axon Capital and a private equity investor with Texas Pacific Group.  Mr. Chee began his career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in the leveraged finance and merchant banking groups.

Mr. Chee graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.A. from the College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Issa Chehab

Managing Director

Real Estate - Sydney

Issa Chehab is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group based in Sydney for Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS). Mr. Chehab has executed financings across all major asset classes and capital markets sectors.

Before joining Blackstone in 2015, Mr. Chehab was a Director with GE Capital Real Estate working on equity and debt transactions in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia, and previously worked at ANZ.

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. 
 
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