Lynn C Baranski

Lynn C Baranski

Global Co-Head and Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock Private Equity Partners

Lynn Baranski, Managing Director, is Global Co-Head and Chief Investment Officer of Private Equity Partners (PEP) within BlackRock's Equity Private Markets (EPM) group. Ms. Baranski chairs PEP's Internal Investment Committee and Exit committee and is a member of PEP's Executive Investment Committee. Ms. Baranski is also a member of the investment committees of the Secondary Liquidity Solutions Funds I and II (SLS), the Global Credit Opportunity Fund II (GCO), and the BlackRock Impact Opportunity Fund (BIO). Lastly, Ms. Baranski serves on the Executive Oversight Committee of the Direct Private Opportunities Group (DPG).

 

Ms. Baranski's service with the firm dates back to 1997, including her years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. Prior to her current leadership role, Ms. Baranski was PEP's Global Head of Investments with primary responsibility for all aspects of PEP's investment process including sourcing, due diligence, and monitoring as well as portfolio construction and strategy. Before joining PEP in 2001, she worked as a high yield portfolio manager and research analyst in the fixed income division. She joined MLIM from Bank of America Securities, Inc. (formerly NationsBank), where she was a member of the Financial Sponsor Advisory group. 
 
Ms. Baranski currently serves on the advisory boards of certain funds managed by Certares LLC, Black Diamond, Tailwind Capital Partners, 1315 Capital and Z Capital Partners. Additionally, she is currently on the board Internova Group and Guardian Alarm. She previously participated on the boards of Juweel Holdings, Amex Global Business Travel, TowerCo, Canbriam Energy, and Evenflo. 
 
Ms. Baranski earned a BA degree in history and art history from Wake Forest University and an MBA degree in finance from Vanderbilt University.