Judge Hug is a Vice President with Harvest Fund Advisors, Blackstone’s publicly traded MLP and Yield-Oriented Investment Platform. Mr. Hug oversees the day-to-day processes connected with Harvest’s Managed Account Platform Solutions (MAPS) strategy and serves as a liaison to Harvest’s Investment Committee in connection with the trading and implementation of Harvest’s investment strategies. Prior to […]

Ms. Remin is a Senior Vice President and a member of GSO’s Liquid Credit Strategies (“LCS”) Business Management team.  Ms. Remin is responsible for liaising with Portfolio Managers, Analysts and IT across the U.S. and U.K. Prior to joining GSO in 2014, Ms. Remin was an Account and Engagement Manager at TwoFour where she focused […]

Lisa Lyttle is a Managing Director of Government Affairs. She works on political and legislative issues for the firm and its portfolio companies, as well as manages a team of political risk consultants. In her role at Blackstone, Ms. Lyttle is involved in implementing legislative strategy and overseeing projects that relate to the U.S. Congress […]

Rafic Said is a Senior Managing Director responsible for overseeing Blackstone’s activities in the Middle-East, currently based in London. He has spent the past thirteen years establishing, developing and managing relationships with governmental, institutional and private investors across the Middle East, delivering the firm’s investment and advisory services. During this time he also established the […]

Christopher James is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities group.  Mr. James is a member of the Investment Committee for the Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Growth funds.   Prior to launching Tactical Opportunities in 2012, Mr. James previously managed a number of the firm’s business development efforts […]

Patrick S. Jennings is a Principal, having joined Strategic Partners in 2010. Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Jennings attended Cornell University where he graduated with a B.S. magna cum laude in Applied Economics and Management. Mr. Jennings subsequently earned the C.F.A. designation.

Luv Parikh is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group in Singapore. Mr. Parikh is involved in sourcing and executing transactions in Asia-Pacific. Since joining Tactical Opportunities, he has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Partners Life (New Zealand), DCI Data Centers (pan-Asia) and International Asset Reconstruction Company (Indian NPL platform). Prior to Tactical […]

Brian Kaufman is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and currently leads asset management for Blackstone’s U.S. hospitality portfolio. Before joining Blackstone in 2019, Mr. Kaufman was the Managing Partner of The Kaufman Companies, a privately held hospitality asset management, development and investment group in the U.S. and Europe. He previously worked at […]

Mr. Milstein is a Managing Director and is responsible for trading  U.S. leveraged loans and overseeing U.S. secondary market trading activities for GSO.   Mr. Milstein joined GSO from RBC in 2005. At RBC, Mr. Milstein was a Vice President in the Debt Investments group with similar responsibilities.  Previously, Mr. Milstein worked at Indosuez Capital, where he was […]

Karen Sprogis is a Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions Group and is based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 1995, Ms. Sprogis has been involved in the asset management of Blackstone’s investments in the U.S. and Canada across various property types, and is involved in capital raising efforts for Blackstone’s real estate […]