Skip to main content

Our team

Executive Officers

Doug Ostrover
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Read more
Marc Lipschultz
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Read more
Alan Kirshenbaum
Chief Financial Officer
Read more
Andrew Polland
Chief Operating Officer
Read more
Sean Ward
Senior Managing Director
Read more

Directory

David Jar
Managing Director
Image
David Jar
David Jar
Managing Director
New York

David Jar is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on credit, equity, and structured capital investments in technology businesses, and leads Blue Owl's efforts in cybersecurity and infrastructure software.

Before joining Blue Owl, David led the software/technology vertical at SLR Capital Partners, a credit-focused asset manager based in New York. Prior to that, he was a Principal at KKR in the Capital Solutions Group, and a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Natural Resources Financing Group. David began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Lehman Brothers. David is a member of the Board of Directors for Apex for Youth, a non-profit organization providing mentoring, education, and after-school services to underserved Asian and immigrant youth.

David received a BS in Finance and International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Adrian Jesuthasan
Managing Director
Image
Adrian Jesuthasan
Adrian Jesuthasan
Managing Director
London

Adrian Jesuthasan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In his role, he focuses on all compliance matters in the regions of Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

Before joining Blue Owl, Adrian was a Managing Director and Co-Global Chief Compliance Officer at York Capital Management, a global investment management firm. Prior to that, he was the Head of Compliance at Arrowgrass Capital Partners, a European investment manager. Adrian previously worked as a Senior Associate at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Adrian began his career as a Portfolio Manager at BlackRock and Schroders on the Risk Management Graduate Program.

Adrian received his BSc in Mathematics from the University of Warwick and holds an MSc in Financial Mathematics from Cass Business School in London.

Hao Jiang
Managing Director
Image
Hao Jiang
Hao Jiang
Managing Director
New York

Hao Jiang is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team. Based in New York, he is a member of the Structured Products Team.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Hao was a Managing Director at Mizuho Securities where he was responsible for the new issue CLO business in the US. Prior to Mizuho, Hao worked at the CLO group at Credit Suisse. Hao joined Credit Suisse when it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he started his career and held various positions in real estate finance group and high yield structured finance group.

Hao received a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University with majors in Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics.

Tiffany Johnston
Managing Director
Image
Tiffany Johnston
Tiffany Johnston
Managing Director
London

Tiffany Johnston is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. Based in London, she focuses on Blue Owl’s EMEA LP relationships.

Prior to this role, she led Blue Owl GP Strategic Capital's, formerly known as Dyal Capital's, Business Services Platform in EMEA. Before joining Blue Owl, Tiffany was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan, in its London based Capital Introductions Group. Prior to that, she held roles of increasing responsibility in the London based Capital Introductions team at Barclays and the prime brokerage origination team at Lehman Brothers. Tiffany began her career as a Financial Analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York.

Tiffany received her BA, magna cum laude, in Economics and Spanish from Amherst College, and holds an MBA from IESE Business School and has completed the CAIA program.

Alex Jones
Managing Director
Image
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
Managing Director
New York

Alex Jones is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In his role, Alex leads the Private Wealth Advisory practice which provides Partner Managers with advice on structuring and distribution strategies through the global wealth management channel.
 
Before joining Blue Owl, Alex was Head of US Private Wealth Solutions at Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) where he led the development of ICG’s relationships with wealth management clients in the United States. Prior to ICG, Alex was at JP Morgan Private Bank where he was Co-Head of US Alternative Investments, leading a team of alternative investment professionals responsible for raising significant private investment fund commitments. Prior to this, he worked at Sterne, Agee & Leach as a Director of Institutional Equity Research Sales.
 
Alex received a B.A. and a B.Mus. from Oberlin College and Conservatory.

Maria Jones
Managing Director
Image
Maria Jones
Maria Jones
Managing Director
New York

Maria Jones is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on monitoring and servicing broadly syndicated loan investments within the liquid credit strategy.

Before joining Blue Owl, Maria was Director of Operations at American Capital Ltd. and Canaras Capital Management in their leverage finance team. Prior to that, she worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and INVESCO, where she was a team leader for bank loan operations. In these roles, she worked with direct bank loan investments through various hedge funds and total return swaps as well as managing the day to day operations of 17 CLOs, CDOs and other separately managed accounts. Maria began her career at Loan Pricing Corporation, a Reuters company.

Maria received her BS from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Jean Joseph
Managing Director
Image
Jean Joseph
Jean Joseph
Managing Director
Greenwich

Jean Joseph is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Jean is also a Portfolio Manager and a member of the First Lien Investment Committee. In his role, he focuses on direct lending to middle-market companies.

Before joining Blue Owl in 2018, Jean was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co. where he was Portfolio Manager in its Investment Management Division responsible for the management of the division’s leveraged loan strategies. Prior to that, Jean was a member Goldman Sachs’ Leveraged Finance group within the Investment Banking Division. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Jean was a member of the Wells Fargo Securities Leveraged Finance department, and began his career as a credit analyst at GE Capital and Atherton Capital with a focus on middle market lending.

Jean received an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, where he attended as a Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Fellow. Jean also received a BBA from the University of Notre Dame where he captained the Varsity Men’s Soccer Team and was a recipient of the Francis Patrick O’Connor Award. Jean is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society.

Ally Kaden
Managing Director
Image
Ally Kaden
Ally Kaden
Managing Director
New York

Ally Kaden is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. As a part of the Operational Advisory practice, she is focused on providing operational and technology-related best practice consulting and thought leadership to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ally was a Vice President in the Alternative Investments and Manager Selection team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she was a senior member of the Operational Due Diligence team. In this role, Ally was responsible for evaluating the operational infrastructure and regulatory compliance programs of private equity and hedge funds on the platform. Ally began her career on the Goldman Sachs Asset Management Compliance team, providing compliance advisory services to internal portfolio management teams.

Ally received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Liz Kahl
Managing Director
Image
Liz Kahl
Liz Kahl
Managing Director
New York

Liz Kahl is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In her role, she focuses on institutional client relationship management.

Before joining Blue Owl, Elizabeth was a partner at Brigade Capital, a below investment grade global asset management firm based in New York. Prior to that, she was Director of Finance at American Express. Elizabeth began her career as an accountant at Deloitte and Touche.

Elizabeth received her BS in Accounting from Fairfield University. Previously, Elizabeth served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for Sacred Heart Academy.

Machal Karim
Head of Environmental, Social & Governance
Image
Machal Karim
Machal Karim
Head of Environmental, Social & Governance
New York

Machal Karim is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Environmental, Social & Governance. In her role, she leads Blue Owl's Responsible Investing mandate for both corporate and investment activities.

Before joining Blue Owl, Machal was a Manager in the Impact Team at British International Investment (formerly CDC Group plc.) based out of London. Prior to that, she worked at LeapFrog Investments in impact investing, and at Oxford Policy Management in financial and private sector development. Machal began her career working with the United Nations Capital Development Fund in New York and then at MasterCard Foundation in Toronto.

Machal received her BA in International Development from the University of Toronto and her MPA with a concentration in Applied Economics from Cornell University.