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

Sana Petersen
Managing Director
Sana Petersen
Managing Director
New York

Sana Petersen is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Commercial Real Estate. In her role, she focuses on commercial real estate asset management which includes annual, quarterly and monthly financial reporting of all commercial real estate investments. Before joining Blue Owl, Sana was a Managing Director at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions.

Prior to that, she was a Director at Citigroup in Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets & Warehouse Lending. Sana has also held roles at CWCapital, GMAC Commercial Mortgage and Deloitte.

Sana received her MBA in Finance from Cornell University and holds a BBA, magna cum laude, in Accounting from Georgia State University.

Matt Petrucci
Managing Director
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Matt Petrucci
Matt Petrucci
Managing Director
New York

Matt Petrucci is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. Based in New York, he is a Fund Controller in the Direct Lending Private Credit Business.

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2018, Matt was a Senior Fund Accountant at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, where he worked in the Private Commingled Fund Accounting Group and was responsible for the accounting and reporting for various Alternative Investment Funds and CLOs. Prior to that, Matt worked within the Financial Services practice of PwC where he specialized in audits of alternative investment funds.

Matt received a MS in Accounting from Binghamton University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Ryan Phelan
Managing Director
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Ryan Phelan
Ryan Phelan
Managing Director
Chicago

Ryan Phelan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Investment Team. As a member of the Real Estate Investment Team, he focuses on the operational performance of the real estate assets along with overseeing day-to-day tenant communications.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ryan was the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Asset Management at Logistics Property Company, focusing on developing and executing the strategic business plans of the real estate portfolio.  Prior to that, Ryan held finance and fund management roles with IndCor (a Blackstone portfolio company) and GLP US Management.

Ryan earned his MBA, with distinction, from DePaul University and holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Janine Phillips
Principal
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Janine Phillips
Janine Phillips
Principal
London

Janine Phillips is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In her role she focuses business development and client service in Europe for the Institutional client base.

Before joining Blue Owl, Janine was a Director at Pollen Street Capital, a private equity and credit manager focused on financial and business services based in London. Prior to that, she was a Senior Marketer at Anavio Capital Partners, a Cross-Asset Event Driven Fund. Janine began her career as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in Emerging Market Fixed Income and thereafter as an Associate in the European Equity sales team.

Janine received her BSc in Accounting & Finance, from London School of Economics. She has also completed Level I of the CFA programme.

Marc Pillemer
Managing Director
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Marc Pillemer
Marc Pillemer
Managing Director
New York

Marc Pillemer is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, Marc focuses on sourcing and underwriting minority equity investments and financing transactions and strategic initiatives across the GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Marc was a Managing Director at Blackstone where he had a senior role on the Investment Team of Blackstone's GP Stakes platform based in New York. In this role, his responsibilities included sourcing, negotiating, and executing transactions and managing relationships with partner GPs. Marc also led the GP Strategic Support Team, which provides strategic benefits to partner GPs. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co., advising alternative asset managers on M&A and capital raising transactions, and on strategic initiatives. Marc began his career serving in various roles in the Securities Division and the Investment Management Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Marc received his BCom in Actuarial Studies and Finance from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Tracy Poulter Hart
Chief Human Resources Officer
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Tracy Poulter
Tracy Poulter Hart
Chief Human Resources Officer
New York

Tracy Poulter Hart is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Blue Owl, Tracy was CHRO of York Capital Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund, from September 2011 to April 2021. Prior to that, she was an Executive Director in HR at UBS where she was an HR Business Partner covering Equity Sales and Trading, Equity Derivatives, IT, Operations and was Head of HR for Latin America. Tracy started her career in roles at JP Morgan and Prudential.

Tracy received her BA in Business Management from Western CT State University.

Kevin Purcell
Managing Director
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Kevin Purcell
Kevin Purcell
Managing Director
New York

Kevin Purcell is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on GP Stakes Investing and strategic initiatives across the GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kevin was a Vice President at Neuberger Berman Private Equity. Kevin began his career as an Associate in the Investment Management Division at Lehman Brothers focused on strategic projects throughout the hedge fund platform and minority stake acquisition program.

Kevin received his MBA from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and holds a BS in Finance from Siena College.

Kevin Raidy
Head of Healthcare Opportunities
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Kevin Raidy
Kevin Raidy
Head of Healthcare Opportunities
New York

Kevin Raidy is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Healthcare Opportunities. In this role, he oversees all private and public investment activity related to Healthcare Opportunities and sits on the Fund’s Investment Committee.

Previously Kevin was a founder and Managing Partner of Cowen Healthcare Investments, the predecessor to Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities. Prior to his role at Cowen Healthcare Investments, Kevin was Cowen’s Head of Investment Banking and prior to that he was Co-Head of Cowen’s Equity Capital Markets Group. Before that Kevin was a Managing Director at Ramius LLC where he was responsible for direct investments and convertible bonds. Kevin’s sell side experience includes ten years at Shipley Raidy Capital Partners, a boutique investment banking firm which he co-founded. Prior to founding Shipley Raidy, Kevin was an associate at Philadelphia First Group. He started his career at Cantor Fitzgerald before moving to Merrill Lynch as an analyst in the municipal finance group.
He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of NodThera Ltd, Escient Pharmaceuticals, Neuron23, and Aro Biopharmaceuticals, while also a Board Observer at Delfi Diagnostics, Aktis Oncology and Evox Therapeutics.

Kevin received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Matthew Rees
Managing Director
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Matthew Rees
Matthew Rees
Managing Director
London

Matthew Rees is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. Based in London, he focuses on managing Blue Owl's GP Strategic Capital relationships with investors and alternative asset management firms in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Before joining Blue Owl, Matthew was the Global Head of Marketing for the NB Alternatives platform, a group of hedge fund and private equity businesses.

Matthew received his degree in accounting and economics from The Pennsylvania State University and holds an MBA from New York University.

Grace Reilly
Principal
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Grace Reilly
Grace Reilly
Principal
New York

Grace Reilly is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In her role, she is the Head of Private Wealth Marketing focused on growing the Blue Owl brand, generating leads, and supporting fundraising across products with Financial Advisors and End Clients. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Grace was a Director at BlackRock in Marketing. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Citi in Global Consumer Marketing. She began her career at Citi as an Assistant Vice President in the Global Consumer Bank at Citi. 

Grace received her BA in Political science from Duke University.