The Blackstone Group has appointed Joe Baratta as head of Global Private Equity. Mr. Baratta will also join the firm's Management Committee. He has been with Blackstone since 1998 and currently heads its private equity team in Europe and is also a member of its Executive Committee. In 2001, Mr. Baratta moved to London to help open Blackstone's office there and establish its European private equity business, but he will be based in New York starting September.
