Bio

Ms. Taormina is a Managing Director and the Head of the Investor Relations and Client Service team for Blackstone Credit’s Liquid Credit Strategy (“LCS”) unit. Ms. Taormina is responsible for overseeing the investor relations and client service efforts for LCS’s funds and accounts globally and assists with the business development for these products. Ms. Taormina joined Blackstone Credit, then known as GSO Capital Partners, in 2005 and was previously responsible for overseeing compliance monitoring for alternative funds, leveraged vehicles, separately managed accounts, publicly traded closed-end funds and an exchange traded fund and managed the leveraged loan operations and trade settlement teams responsible for the group's bank debt portfolio. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Taormina worked as an Associate at Royal Bank of Canada in the CLO operations group. Ms. Taormina began her career at Credit Agricole Indosuez where she was an Analyst in CLO Operations. Ms. Taormina received a B.S. from Boston University and graduated magna cum laude.