Robert Petrini is a Senior Managing Director and the Chief Investment Officer of North American Private Credit and Joint Portfolio Manager for Capital Opportunities Funds I, II, III, IV, V in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York.

Before joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Petrini was a Principal of DLJ Investment Partners (“DLJIP”), the $1.6 billion mezzanine fund of CSFB’s Alternative Capital Division. Prior to that, Mr. Petrini was a member of DLJ’s Leveraged Finance Group since 1997.

Mr. Petrini graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Joseph Wharton and Benjamin Franklin Scholar.