Blackstone hires former Goldman partner for its hedge fund unit    Private-equity company Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it has hired a Goldman Sachs Group partner to head client services and business development around the world for its hedge fund unit.Paget MacColl (Linkedin) will join as Global Head of Blackstone Alternative Asset Managements (BAAM) Institutional Client Solutions. Blackstones hedge fund unit invests $82 billion for pension funds and other institutional investors by buying stakes in investment firms, seeding new managers, and offering access to managers. It is the worlds biggest hedge fund investor.MacColl takes over the position from Olivier Meyohas (Linkedin) who is moving into a broader business development role at

<h1>Blackstone hires former Goldman partner for its hedge fund unit    </h1><div><br>Private-equity company Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it has hired a Goldman Sachs Group partner to head client services and business development around the world for its hedge fund unit.<br><br><strong>Paget MacColl</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paget-maccoll-55377149/">(Linkedin)</a> will join as Global Head of Blackstone Alternative Asset Managements (BAAM) Institutional Client Solutions. Blackstones hedge fund unit invests $82 billion for pension funds and other institutional investors by buying stakes in investment firms, seeding new managers, and offering access to managers. It is the worlds biggest hedge fund investor.<br><br>MacColl takes over the position from <strong>Olivier Meyohas</strong> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivier-meyohas-50a30789/">(Linkedin)</a> who is moving into a broader business development role at Blackstone.<br><br>In her new role, MacColl will be introducing clients to products like the new Blackstone Horizon platform which will aim to deliver big returns by investing with fund managers targeting fast-growing public and private companies.<br><br>"Paget is a talented executive with experience marketing the investment solutions that BAAM has to offer to investors around the world. She brings a diverse range of skills, relationships and experiences and will be a critical leader within BAAM," <strong>John McCormick</strong>, Global Co-Head of BAAM, said in a statement.<br><br>MacColl joined Goldman after graduating from Princeton University and has worked there for nearly 22 years. Most recently she was co-head of the Americas Institutional Client Business within Goldmans Asset Management unit.<br><br>MacColl is the latest in a string of Goldman partners to leave the investment bank as others have departed for a family investment office, hedge fund, and private equity firm over the last months.</div><div><br></div>

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- Managing Director at Goldman Sachs since April 2024.
- Co-founder and Trustee at City of Opportunities charity since February 2020.
- Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at Columbia Business School since February 2018.
- Chief Executive Officer at Evolution Global Investors from March 2021 to April 2024.
- Managing Director at CBRE Investment Management for 10 years and 7 months, from July 2010 to January 2021.
- Director at ING Real Estate Investment Management for 4 years and 5 months, from March 2006 to July 2010.
- Vice President at Clarion Partners LLC from July 2001 to March 2006.
- Product Developer at ING Real Estate International from October 1998 to July 2001.
- MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School, Joint Global Executive Program.

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- Sunil is the Managing Director & Head Of Equity Capital Markets SEA at Bank of America since January 2022. Prior to this, he held the position of Managing Director, Head of Global Capital Markets, India at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from March 2018 to January 2022.
- Before his role at Bank of America, Sunil served as a Director at Deutsche Bank for 7 years and 10 months, from June 2010 to March 2018.
- Sunil was an Associate at Morgan Stanley from October 2007 to May 2010, and at Merrill Lynch from May 2006 to September 2007.
- Sunil completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore from 2004 to 2006. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in Economics from St Xaviers College Kolkata, earned between 2001 and 2004.

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- Hidehiro earned a Masters degree in applied mathematics from Kyoto University in 1996 and a Bachelors degree in Engineering from the same university in 1994.

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