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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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Senior Managing Director
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Logan Nicholson
Managing Director
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Logan Nicholson
Logan Nicholson
Managing Director
New York

Logan Nicholson is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Logan is also a Portfolio Manager for certain funds in Blue Owl’s Diversified Lending strategy, including Blue Owl Capital Corporation (NYSE: OBDC) and Blue Owl Credit Income Corporation. In addition, Logan is a member of the Investment Committee for the Diversified Lending strategy. In his role, he is responsible for the day-to-day management and strategic oversight of the credit selection and portfolio management process across the funds he covers.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Logan was a Co-Founder and Partner at Brinley Partners, a startup private credit asset manager. Previously, Logan spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he was most recently a Managing Director and Head of U.S Leveraged Finance Capital Markets. During his time at Goldman Sachs, he was responsible for structuring, risk management and distribution of capital commitments for both Leveraged Loans and High Yield bonds, and he was also appointed as a member of the LSTA Board of Directors.  Additionally, Logan spent a year in a leadership role at healthcare firm Humana Inc., where he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and responsible for all M&A activity.

Logan earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering with a double major in Economics from the University of Virginia.

Ankur Nigam
Managing Director
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Ankur Nigam
Ankur Nigam
Managing Director
Greenwich

Ankur Nigam is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team. He is responsible for managing, structuring, negotiating, and executing the Credit platform’s private bank financings, CLO warehouse financings, as well as other asset backed financings. He is also involved in strategic financial planning for the Credit platform. 

Before joining Blue Owl in 2019, Ankur was Senior Vice President at H/2 Capital Partners responsible for debt/equity capital markets and portfolio management modeling. 

Ankur received a BA in Accounting from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Accounting from the University of Hartford.

Chris Nilan
Managing Director
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Chris Nilan
Chris Nilan
Managing Director
Chicago

Chris Nilan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Investment Team. In this role, Chris is responsible for the origination, evaluation, and execution of investments for Blue Owl's real estate platform.

Chris has spent 15+ years in various investing and financial roles. Prior to joining Blue Owl, Chris spent over a decade working for Sam Zell at Equity Group Investments and numerous related portfolio companies. In that role he originated and monitored private and public equity investments and served on the boards of portfolio companies. Chris also worked as an investment banker at Bank of America in the leverage finance division.

Chris received a BS in Finance from Wake Forest University.

Mark Nixdorf
Managing Director
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Mark Nixdorf
Mark Nixdorf
Managing Director
New York

Mark Nixdorf is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he focuses on providing legal counsel in connection with the firm’s investments, fund formation and strategic transactions.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mark was a Vice President and Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he was responsible for covering alternative investment strategies including private credit, renewable power and growth equity. He also advised Goldman Sachs Asset Management on strategic acquisitions. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Allen & Overy LLP and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Mark began his career as a Senior Associate at KPMG LLP.

Mark received his JD from Brooklyn Law School and holds a BS in Accounting from Tulane University.

Antonia O'Connor
Managing Director
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Antonia O'Connor
Antonia O'Connor
Managing Director
London

Antonia O'Connor is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. Based in London, she serves as a Credit Product Specialist working closely with the regional institutional business development teams, helping to support and enhance their sales efforts and maximize asset raise and servicing across the Diversified Lending, First Lien, Technology and Opportunistic strategies.  

Before joining Blue Owl, Antonia worked at Magnetar for 10 years, where she led the EMEA Business Development and Investor Relations group.  Prior to Magnetar, she was Co-Head of Hedge Funds, Senior Investment Manager and Head of Fixed Income & Credit within the Investment solutions division of Aberdeen Asset Management, serving as the portfolio manager for their flagship Fund of Funds.   She Joined Aberdeen through the acquisition of RBS Asset Management in 2010, where she served in similar roles. Antonia began her career at Coutts & Co. in their Alternative Investments team.   

Antonia holds a BSc (1st Class Honours) from University College London (UCL).

Darragh O'Flaherty
Managing Director
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Darragh O'Flaherty
Darragh O'Flaherty
Managing Director
New York

Darragh O'Flaherty is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on investments in the Technology sector, including both traditional direct lending and growth equity.

Before joining Blue Owl, Darragh was an investor with Guggenheim Partners, a global asset manager, where he was also focused on investing in the Technology sector. Prior to that, he was an investment analyst at Allied Irish Banks, New York. Darragh began his career as the founder of Medibill.ie, a software business he developed to help automate medical billing for physicians in Ireland.

Darragh received a BSc in Business Information Systems and an MBS in Corporate Strategy, both from the University of Galway, Ireland as well as an MSc in Finance, from the Smurfit Business School, UCD, Ireland.

Brian O'Neill
Managing Director
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Brian O'Neill
Brian O'Neill
Managing Director
Short Hills

Brian O'Neill is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Internal Audit & Controls Team. In his role, he leads the internal audit practice and Sarbanes-Oxley program.

Before joining Blue Owl, Brian was a Senior Vice President at Blackstone and deputy to the Chief Audit Executive, where he led the US internal audit team. Prior to that, he was a Principal at KKR based in San Francisco, where he was one of the founding members of the internal audit department and global audit lead for the alternative credit division. Brian began his career with roles in internal audit at J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley, where he was based in New York and London, respectively.

Brian received his BBA from the University of Miami, with a concentration in Marketing and Political Science.

Mark O'Sullivan
Managing Director
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Mark O'Sullivan
Mark O'Sullivan
Managing Director
New York

Mark O'Sullivan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on underwriting equity and financing transactions and managing GP Strategic Capital Investment Team's ongoing relationships with its partner managers.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mark was a Managing Director at Dyal Capital Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s GP Strategic Capital platform. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President in the Corporate Development group at Lehman Brothers. Prior to that, he was a Senior Engagement Manager at Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm focused on the financial services industry. Mark began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Merrill Lynch.

Mark currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Pastoralist Child Foundation, a nonprofit committed to the advocacy against, and the intervention and prevention of female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage by providing support services, education, scholarships and enrichment programs. Mark received his MS in Financial Management from Nyenrode University and holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Technical College Delft.

Natalie Oelkers
Managing Director
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Natalie Oelkers
Natalie Oelkers
Managing Director
New York

Natalie Oelkers is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In her role, she works with institutional investors across the suite of Blue Owl funds.

Before joining Blue Owl in 2017, Natalie was a Managing Director at Paulson & Co in New York. Prior to that, she was a Director of Marketing at GoldenTree Asset Management in their New York and London offices. Natalie began her career at Citigroup Alternative Investments, where she was a Vice President of Marketing and Client Services for the Funds of Hedge Funds team.

Natalie received a BA in Economics from Duke University.

Simon Ogden
Principal
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Simon Ogden
Simon Ogden
Principal
New York

Simon Ogden is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In his role, he focuses on Investment Advisory and Corporate Compliance.

Before joining Blue Owl, Simon was a Compliance Officer at Trian Fund Management, L.P., a multi-billion-dollar investment management firm based in New York. Prior to that, he was a Director of Compliance at Barings LLC, where he began his career at a predecessor organization.

Simon received his MBA from Quinnipiac University and holds a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from College of Charleston. Simon is also a CFA charterholder.