London School of EconomicsSU | Alternative Investments Conference
- Speakers:
- Oliver Haarmann, KKR
- Howard Davies, LSE
- Emmanuel Roman, GLG Partners
- David Blitzer, The Blackstone Group
- Omar Kodmani, Permal Group
- Jon Moulton, Alchemy Partners
- Steven Puccinelli, Investcorp
- Philippa Malmgren, Canonbury Group
- Tim Frost, Cairn Capital
- Vincenzo Morelli, Texas Pacific Group
- Alon Avner, Sankaty Advisors
- Omar Lodhi, Abraaj Capital
- Guy Townsend, Walker Hamill
- Bruce Robson, FSA
- Sir Geoffrey Owen, LSE
- Dr. Vikas Agarwal, LBS
- Wol Kolade, ISIS Private Equity
- Guy Hurley, Merrill Lynch
- Reiko Nahum, Amber Partners
- Carolina Minio-Paluello, GSAM
- Matt Mack, GSAM
- Giles Drury, KPMG
- Michele Giddens, Bridges Ventures
- Robert Cressy, Birmingham B. School
- Chairs:
- Henry Tricks, The Economist
- Lionel Barber, The Financial Times
- Peter Harrison, Harrison Careers
- Danny Quah, LSE
- Ron Anderson, LSE
- Paul Mullins, BCG
- Robert Lenzner, Forbes Magazine

David S. Blitzer is a Senior Managing Director at the Blackstone Private Equity group. Mr. Blitzer is based in London and helped establish Blackstone's private equity investment efforts in Europe.
Since joining Blackstone in 1991, Mr. Blitzer has been involved in the execution of Blackstone's investments in Spirit Group, Sulo, Allied Waste, Aspen Insurance Holdings, Houghton Mifflin, Universal Orlando, Centerplate (formerly Volume Services America), Cadillac Fairview, The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, Southern Cross, NHP, and Orangina.
Mr. Blitzer graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Blitzer serves as a Director of Universal Orlando, NHP, Sulo and Orangina.
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