Paul Harrison

Dr. Paul Harrison is a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Credit Systematic Strategies LLC.
Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Dr. Harrison was a Managing Director at BlackRock, Inc. (formerly BGI) where he served as the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research for the firm’s systematic Global Macro team and held a variety of firm-wide leadership roles.
He directly led a 30-person team researching and implementing systematic strategies and funds catering to top-tier institutional clients, including managing very large investment portfolios and building scalable and robust investment processes.
He also headed up the firm’s Multi-Asset Global Asset Allocation business, responsible for over $30 billion of AUM.
He has extensive experience in Fixed Income and has built and managed investment strategies focused on both credit and government bond markets.
Before BlackRock/BGI, he ran the Capital Markets research team at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and was responsible for leading the analysis and communication of market and financial conditions to the Board.
Dr. Harrison began his career as an academic, having served on the faculty at Brandeis University and publishing in academic journals.
He received his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College and a graduate degree and a doctorate degree from Duke University.