Bio

Claire Gerault is a Managing Director in the European Finance team and the Conducting Officer for BEFM Valuation, Finance and Risk Management. Ms. Gerault primarily focuses on the oversight of the valuation and risk management of the Funds managed by BEFM as well as the oversight of the finance activities. Before joining Blackstone in 2017, she was the Finance Director and Head of Office of BX Fund Services, a Blackstone company delivering value-add services to Blackstone Private Equity and Tactical Opportunities and its partners, where she worked on a variety of private equity transactions in Luxembourg. Prior to that, she worked in a variety of audit roles in France and Luxembourg, and spent 7 years at Deloitte, Luxembourg, most recently as a Senior Manager within the Private Equity and Real Estate Division. Ms. Gerault holds a Masters in Management, Corporate Finance, from the SKEMA Business School (France) and the Accounting & Auditing Certificate (Reviseur d’Entreprise) from the University of Luxembourg.