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 with Blackstone Credit, and is involved in leading restructuring activities. In this role, Mr. Addeo is involved in recapitalizations of existing portfolio companies and sources new investment opportunities around restructuring transactions. Since joining Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2011, he has also been involved in both debt and equity investments in the U.S. and Europe, with a specific focus on distressed and special situations investing. From May 2015 to May 2017, Mr. Addeo worked in Blackstone’s London office.

Before joining Blackstone Credit, he was a Vice President in equity research at Wolfe Research covering transportation companies, and specializing in the trucking, logistics, and rail sub-sectors. Prior to Wolfe Research, Mr. Addeo began his career with Deutsche Bank’s Private Wealth Management division.

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 previously served on the board of directors of Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

Abhishek Agarwal

Managing Director

Real Estate - London

Abhishek Agarwal is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London. Mr. Agarwal is the Head of the Core+ Real Estate business in Europe, where he oversees Blackstone Property Partners Europe. Since joining Blackstone in 2008, Mr. Agarwal has been involved in real estate investments in various property sectors across Europe including 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 Deans 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 and serves as a Director and President of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT).

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

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 in Strategic Partners. Since initially joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Audet previously worked in Blackstone’s private equity business where he was involved in the execution of investments in Paysafe, First Eagle Asset Management, Tradesmen International, Summit Materials, and Apria Healthcare. He currently serves 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.  His roles in the not-for-profit sector include serving as Chairman of raiSE and the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise.

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.

Frank Barbara

Managing Director

Finance - New York

Frank Barbara is a Managing Director and Assistant Treasurer of Global Treasury Operations & Control. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Barbara has served as the Global Treasury Operations and Control Senior Manager and has been involved in the Treasury reengineering project including the selection and implementation of the Treasury Management System.

Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Mr. Barbara worked at Bank of New York Mellon in the Hedge Fund Administration area where he most recently served as a Director of Service Delivery Operations, responsible for all aspects of financial control and reengineering of operational processes. Mr. Barbara also previously served as the Vice President of iCapital Markets, the execution arm for Datek Online Holding Corporation, and had other previous finance and operations roles with UBS, Prudential, Citibank and TDwaterhouse.

Mr. Barbara received BA in Economics from Rutgers University and has previously achieved Series 7, 24, 55, 63, and 65 certifications.

Stephanie Barberesi

Managing Director

Real Estate - New York

Stephanie Barberesi is a Managing Director in the Blackstone Real Estate Group. She oversees the valuations and reporting team for the BREP opportunistic platform.

Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Ms. Barberesi worked at Ernst & Young in the assurance practice specializing in the asset management space.

Ms. Barberesi received a BS in Finance 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 of over 250 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.

Fernando Bautista

Managing Director

Real Estate - London

Fernando Bautista is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in London.

Since joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Bautista has been involved in Blackstone’s real estate asset management activities, with a focus on the group’s investments throughout Spain, including residential, office, and loan portfolios.

Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bautista was a Director at Citi, where he spent 8 years advising corporates in Europe on behalf of Citi investment banking group.

Mr. Bautista received a BBA from UIC and an MBA from IESE.

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

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 - New York

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

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 Haruki Charles 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 in Blackstone’s Hong Kong office overseeing Asia-Pacific Corporate Affairs and Government Relations. 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