Blackstone announced the appointment of Dan Leiter as Head of International for Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI). In this role, reporting to Gilles Dellaert, Global Head of BXCI, Mr. Leiter will lead the activity and expansion of BXCI in EMEA and APAC. Additionally, Michael Carruthers is appointed as European Head of Private Credit, reporting to Mr. Leiter.

Mr. Leiter was previously Global Head of Securitized Products Trading in Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division. Prior to this, he was Head of European Sales and Trading in the Securitized Products Group from 2015 to 2021. Mr. Leiter graduated Phi-Beta-Kappa from Middlebury College.

Mr. Carruthers was previously Co-Chief Investment Officer for BXCI's European and APAC private credit businesses. He has been with the firm since 2006 working in the Toronto and London offices. Mr. Carruthers graduated with Honors in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.