Lyla Bibi is a Managing Director and Head of Equity Capital Markets at Blackstone and is based in New York. Lyla joined Blackstone in May of 2020.  Prior to joining Blackstone, she served as a Managing Director and the Head of U.S. Healthcare Equity Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs where she advised a number of companies and […]

Michael J. Kerwin is a Vice President with Harvest Fund Advisors, Blackstone’s Publicly Traded MLP and Yield-Oriented Investment Platform. He is involved with the financial operations of Harvest. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Kerwin was a Partner at Stephano Slack LLC where he supervised audits and tax compliance for numerous clients in a variety of industries, […]

Craig Newman is a Managing Director in the Real Estate group, based in Sydney. Before joining Blackstone Mr. Newman was the Fund Manager for a wholesale office fund with Charter Hall and, prior to that, the Head of Asset Management for the group’s Office and Industrial portfolios. Before Charter Hall, Mr. Newman was a Division […]

Nicholas Menzies is a Managing Director in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies and is based in New York. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Menzies was a Senior Vice President at H/2 Capital Partners, an institutional investment manager focused on commercial real estate credit. While at H/2, he was responsible for the trading and structuring of […]

Laura Spiller is a Principal with GSO Capital Partners. Ms. Spiller joined GSO in 2013 as an analyst in the Finance department and in 2015 joined the Institutional Client Solutions team focusing on client service and operations. Prior to joining GSO, Ms. Spiller worked as senior auditor in the Financial Services Office at Ernst & […]

Jameson L. Mones is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2006. Mr. Mones sits on the Investment Committee for each of the Strategic Partners funds and is an advisory board member of multiple funds. Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Mones attended the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, […]

Robert Pfeifer is a Senior Vice President in the Global Fund Finance group where he manages the accounting, financial reporting and fund administration for Blackstone’s drawdown credit products. Before joining Blackstone in 2008, Mr. Pfeifer was an Associate at Lehman Brothers in the Real Estate Private Equity Group. Prior to Lehman Brothers, he worked as […]

John Knight Smith is a Vice President in the Public Affairs and Marketing group and manages the New York-based Publishing & Creative Services team. Mr. Smith began with the firm in 1998 as a part-time consultant in the Document Production department. In 1999, he joined the firm to support the department’s overnight operations. Over the […]

Bob Carroll is a Managing Director and Head of Distressed Trading with GSO Capital Partners. He oversees all trading activity relating to GSO’s expansive public distressed efforts. Mr. Carroll joins 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 […]

Robert Atkin is a Vice President in Global Corporate Services with oversight for the EMEA Region. Mr. Atkin joined Blackstone in 2017 in the London Office. He oversees Facilities and Office Services functions and also plays an active role in the Corporate Real Estate, Design and Construction functions. Mr. Atkin’s background includes technical weapons engineering […]