Blackstone Announces New Leadership Structure in Asia Pacific
April 05 2016 - 9:34PM
Business Wire
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced a new Asia Pacific
leadership structure to enhance management capabilities across the
region.
The new structure included several promotions:
- Chris Heady, the current Head of Real
Estate Asia, has been named Blackstone’s Chairman of Asia
Pacific.
- Jan Nielsen, who currently who leads
the firm’s private equity investing in Southeast Asia, Japan and
Korea and acts as Chief Operating Officer for Blackstone Capital
Partners in the region, will work closely with Mr. Heady as Chief
Operating Officer for all Blackstone businesses and administrative
functions in Asia Pacific.
- Carol Kim, the ranking investor
relations professional in Asia Pacific, has been named firm-wide
Chief Operating Officer of investor relations across the
region.
- Daisuke Kitta, the current Head of the
Real Estate group in Japan, has been named Head of Japan for all
business and administrative functions along with his existing
regulatory responsibility for the office.
- Susannah Lindenfield, currently the
Head of International Compliance, has been named General Counsel
for Asia Pacific and will continue to oversee Compliance in the
region.
“As our business in Asia and Australia has grown and matured, we
reached the scale where upgrading our regional management structure
was crucial to our continuing growth and increasing presence in the
region,” said Tony James, Blackstone’s President and Chief
Operating Officer. “This is an exceptional team with the necessary
experience and demonstrated leadership capabilities to provide the
framework for continued success in the region.”
About Blackstone:
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seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our
investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which
we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible
capital to help companies solve problems. Our asset management
businesses, with over $330 billion in assets under management,
include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate,
public debt and equity, non-investment grade credit, real assets
and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is
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