Matt Tier is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he oversees underwriting, due diligence, and structuring of new investment opportunities and portfolio management activities for existing portfolio companies across a variety of sectors, including infrastructure, energy, and related services.

Before joining Blue Owl, Matt was a Vice President at Fifth Street Asset Management, a middle-market direct lending platform based in Greenwich, CT. Matt began his career as an Analyst in Wells Fargo’s U.S. Corporate Banking Group.

Matt received a BA in Economics with a minor in History at New York University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Michelle Tihal is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on the SOX and Internal Controls.

Before joining Blue Owl, Michelle was a Vice President in the Global Real Estate Finance & Accounting team at Brookfield Asset Management. Prior to that, she held various roles in finance and internal audit at a large pharmaceutical company and began her career at Deloitte.

Michelle is a Canadian CPA and holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Biology from Queen’s University and Master of Management & Professional Accounting degree from the Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto.

Allison Toy is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Commercial Real Estate. In her role, she focuses on overseeing the underwriting and due diligence of commercial real estate transactions. Before joining Blue Owl, Allison was a Director and Head of Underwriting at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions.

Prior to that, she was a Director and Head of Post-Closing Transactions at SitusAMC, Head of CRE Underwriting at Sabal Capital, a Director at Wells Fargo Securities in the CRE Capital Markets and Finance division, a Senior Advisor with Gateway Asset Management, Vice President at the Credit Suisse Platform of the Situs Companies, and an Underwriter with CWCapital. Allison began her career as an Underwriter with KTR Newmark, a predecessor to KTR Real Estate Advisors.

Allison received her BA in Architecture and a Certificate in East Asian Studies from Princeton University.

Lee Tse is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In his role, he focuses on driving cost savings and value creation initiatives with GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers and their portfolio companies.

Before joining Blue Owl, Lee was a Principal at KKR Capstone and the Chief Procurement Officer for KKR. Lee was focused on driving procurement-focused value creation efforts for KKR and the portfolio companies. Before joining KKR, Lee was a Director with Insight Sourcing Group where he was a leader within the Private Equity practice.

Lee received an MBA and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Scott Turco is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on direct lending to middle-market companies.

Before joining Blue Owl, Scott was Head of Sourcing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management ("GSAM") Private Credit Group and a voting member of the Private Credit Group's Investment Committee. Before that, he was Head of Sourcing at THL Credit, Inc. Currently, Scott serves as a Board Observer at Associa, Mavis Tire Supply, and Galls and is on the Board of Directors at Walker Edison. Previously, he was on the Board of Directors at HDT Holdings and served as a Board Observer at Yasso and Mervin Manufacturing.

Scott received an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Psychology.

Jeffrey Tynik is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on trading and investing in broadly syndicated non-investment grade leveraged loans.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jeffrey was a Senior Credit Analyst and Loan Trader of the performing leveraged loan business at Littlejohn & Co. Prior to that, he was a Credit Analyst at Redan Park Asset Management and Doral Leveraged Asset Management.

Jeffrey received his BA in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Pravin Vazirani is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he serves as the Co-Head of Portfolio Management for the Technology Investing strategy and is a member of the Technology Investing Investment Committee.

Prior to Blue Owl, Pravin was a Managing Director with Menlo Ventures. While at Menlo Ventures, Pravin focused on investments in the SaaS, cloud and ecommerce sectors. Pravin’s prior investments include Poshmark (IPO: POSH); Carbonite (IPO: CARB); Pillpack (acquired by Amazon), Centrality Communications (acquired by SiR F Holdings); EdgeCast Networks (acquired by Verizon); Credant Technologies (acquired by Dell); Like.com (acquired by Google); newScale (acquired by Cisco Systems); and UserZoom (exited position). Pravin's current investments include Toast, Remitly, SalesLoft, CircleCI, Exabeam, Nuvemshop, Arctic Wolf and 6sense. Pravin started his career as an engineer working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Later, Pravin worked for Pacific Communication Sciences and ADC Telecommunications as a product manager.

Pravin holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Colin Vick is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, Colin focuses on North American institutions and consultants.

Before joining Blue Owl, Colin was a Director at GoldenTree Asset Management, a credit firm based in New York, where he worked with U.S. and Canadian institutions and family offices. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Blackstone in the Hedge Funds Solutions Group (BAAM).

Colin received his BS in Economics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Matt Villa is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In his role, he focuses on the strategic and operational needs of the Compliance organization. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Matt was Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of PGIM Real Estate. Prior to that, Matt was senior vice president and chief compliance officer of a $2 billion value-oriented investment manager owned by Eaton Vance. Prior to that, he was a vice president of compliance for Prudential’s proprietary mutual fund complex. He worked at TD Waterhouse as a vice president and chief compliance officer for the firm’s advisory offerings and at Dreyfus in support of the organization’s cash management and institutional sales teams in the legal affairs department. Matt began his career in an audit function for a New York-based independent broker-dealer. 

Matt received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business and a Master of Business Administration from Monmouth University’s Leon Hess School of Business. He has held a variety of industry licenses.

Ben Volok is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role he is focused on the capital raise initiatives & distribution of Blue Owl’s suite of funds, with primary concentration on Wirehouse platforms.
 
Before joining Blue Owl in 2016, Ben was a Vice President at Guggenheim & CION Securities. Prior to that, he began his career in Private Wealth working with Mutual Funds, 401-K’s & Annuities with The Hartford.

Ben received his BSBA with a focus in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh.