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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.
Ashley Putterman is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team. In her role, she is responsible for overseeing leverage strategy and execution for the firm’s Financial Assets business within Alternative Credit.
Before joining Blue Owl, Ashley was Head of Capital Markets for the Financial Assets business at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, she was Head of Capital Markets at Fundbox, an embedded working capital platform for small businesses, and had previous capital markets roles at Kabbage and Spruce Finance. Ashley began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Miller Buckfire.
Ashley received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School and a BSE in Systems Engineering, magna cum laude, as part of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology (M&T) at the University of Pennsylvania.
Daniela Quintanilla is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In her role, she focuses on supporting the firm's product offering and strategic growth across the platform.
Daniela joined Blue Owl from Kuvare Asset Management (KAM), predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. She joined Kuvare in 2022 at the inception of the third-party client business. At KAM, she was a Director in Business Development and Product Strategy. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at BlackRock, where she led insurance client business development alongside marketing and regulatory efforts that helped propel the ETF business forward.
Daniela holds a B.A. in Political Science and History from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Daniela is a CAIA charterholder and a member of the CAIA Association.
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.
Kevin is 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 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 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.
Michael Reiter is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Operating Officer, Real Estate. In his role he is responsible for overseeing Blue Owl Real Estate's implementation and execution of capital markets, business development, investment and asset management activities.
Prior to Blue Owl, Michael served as Managing Director in the Real Estate Investment Management division at Cantor Fitzgerald. Michael was a member of the Board of Trustees of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. and a Senior Vice President and Head of Capital Markets at VEREIT, Inc. and American Realty Capital, where he was responsible for real estate acquisitions, capital markets and business development. Michael commenced his career as a Certified Public Accountant at Ernst & Young as a Manager in the real estate advisory and assurance practices.
Michael is a member of the Blue Owl Real Estate Investment Committee and serves on the Board of Trustees of Blue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Trust, a private placement REIT, and Store Capital, a private REIT. Michael received his BS in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and his MS in Accounting, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame.
Eric Render is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he is focused on managing relationships with institutional investors within the GP Strategic Capital team, on the West Coast, including Western Canada, Alaska and Hawaii.
Before joining Blue Owl, Eric was an original member of Dyal Capital Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s GP Strategic Capital platform. While at Dyal, Eric was on the team's Business Services Platform - its strategic value creation unit - and focused on its Capital Strategy initiatives for the better part of 10 years. Prior to joining Dyal, Eric was a member of Neuberger Berman’s marketing department, focusing on International Equities, Emerging Markets and REITs. Prior to that, he was an analyst at MBG Expense Management, an IT and Telecom expense management consultant. Eric began his career as a writer at the UK news agency, Adfero.
Eric received a BA in English from The Pennsylvania State University, and also studied contemporary UK politics at the London School of Economics’ Hansard Scholars Research Programme.
Jess Renner is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Corporate Operations & Strategy Team. In her role, she focuses on planning and execution of the firm’s corporate, strategic initiatives, including M&A diligence and integration, vendor management, global corporate real estate and more. She also provides leadership to the firm’s Corporate Sustainability initiatives, including our Citizenship efforts.
Before joining Blue Owl 's Corporate Operations & Strategy team, Jess was a Vice President on the Operational Advisory team within the GP Strategic Capital Business Services Platform. Prior to that, Jess was a member of the Corporate Strategy team at Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, an alternative asset management firm based in New York. Jess began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Deutsche Bank in the Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging, and Leisure Group.
Jess received her BBA, with high distinction, from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Bob Restrick is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Commercial Real Estate Team. Bob leads a team focused on the origination of commercial real estate investments.
Before joining Blue Owl, Bob was a Managing Director and Group Head of Commercial Real Estate Investments at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Prior to Kuvare, Bob was a Managing Director and Head of the CMBS Conduit at Sabal Capital Partners. He has held senior management positions at Walker & Dunlop, Annaly Capital Management, CWCapital, and GMAC Commercial Mortgage. Bob began his career in CMBS research at Morgan Stanley.
Bob received his BA in Economics and Political Science at Bucknell University and his MBA from Rutgers Business School.