Blackstone Hires Ex-Credit Suisse Asia Pacific CEO Sitohang

Blackstone Inc. has hired Credit Suisse’s former chief executive officer for Asia Pacific, Helman Sitohang, as the world’s biggest alternative asset manager expands in the region, people familiar with the matter said.

Sitohang joins Blackstone as senior adviser based in Singapore, supporting the firm’s businesses in Southeast Asia, mainly in private equity, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information.

Helman Sitohang

Source: Credit Suisse

Sitohang remains chairman of OCP Asia, the people said. He joined OCP Asia — a provider of private credit to small- and medium-sized companies in APAC — last year following the ...