Candy Wong is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Information Technology Team. In her role, she focuses on requirements gathering, business analysis, and solutions implementation to support the technology needs of the Operations and Finance teams.  

Before joining Blue Owl, Candy was the Director of Product Management at Saphyre, a fintech company that harnesses automated intelligence and creates memory around account data and documents to optimize account onboarding and related trade processes for financial institutions.  Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President at iCapital.  Candy’s professional journey began at BlackRock, where she started as a business analyst for the BlackRock Solutions business and swiftly advanced to prominent roles in product management, business integration, and systems implementation.

Candy graduated summa cum laude from Binghamton University with a BS in Management Information Systems and Finance.

Kirsten Wright is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. Kirsten serves as a Controller for the Business Development Companies (BDCs). 

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2017, Kirsten was a Senior Audit Associate at Crowe Horwath, where she focused primarily on financial service industries. 

Kirsten received a BS in Accounting from The College of New Jersey and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey.

Matthew Xirinachs is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Investment Grade Private Lending Investment Team. Before joining Blue Owl, Matthew was a Director at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions, focused on direct private credit investing and origination for insurance companies. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Blackstone where he worked in Blackstone Credit (formerly, GSO Capital Partners), was a member of the firm’s Corporate Development team, and helped launch the firm’s Insurance Solutions business.

Matthew received a BA in Finance and International Business with a concentration in international studies from Fairfield University.

Takeshi Yamamoto is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on institutional fundraising covering Japanese institutional investors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Takeshi was a Principal and Head of Japan Sales at Ascentium Group Limited which was acquired by Blue Owl to establish its physical presence in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was a Director and Head of Financial Institutions Sales of Asset Management Division at Credit Suisse Securities Japan, where he was responsible for Private Funds and Direct deals distribution to institutional investors based in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Takeshi was a Vice President and started up the Japan institutional business in the Treasury department of OCBC Bank, Singapore, where he distributed a wide range of financial products including Asian credit structured products and Asian mezzanine loan funds to Japanese financial institutions. Before joining OCBC, Takeshi was an Executive Director of Credit Agricole CIB Tokyo to cover Japanese large size financial institutions. Prior to Joining Credit Agricole, he was a Director and a Head of Structured Credit Products Sales at Credit Suisse Securities Japan. Prior to that, Takeshi was a Managing Director of Bear Stearns Japan Ltd., Tokyo Branch covering Japanese financial institutions in Bond and Structured Products Sales. Takeshi began his career in Fixed Income sales to cover Japanese financial institutions at Lehman Brothers Japan Inc.

Takeshi received his BA in Business from Kansai University in Japan.

Mani Yosha is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Mani leads the Human Capital Advisory practice which provides GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers with advice and assistance across all aspects of people strategy, including a focus on talent management and acquisition. She also provides services related to employee relations and retention, including performance assessment best practices, situation management and compensation benchmarking.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mani was a Vice President and US Head of Talent Management at Citi's Prime Finance Business Advisory Group. Mani began her career as an Associate at Citi in the Prime Brokerage Division.

Mani received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Wagner College, where she graduated with honors.

Alex Zilberman is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team.

Prior to Blue Owl, Alex served as Co-head of Structured Credit and Credit Trading at Natixis, where he oversaw the global CLO, Structured Credit Financing, Structured Credit Trading, ABS and Subscription line businesses. Prior to this role, Alex was Global Head of CLO and Structured Credit at Natixis since 2015.  Prior to Natixis, Alex was a structured credit professional and joined Credit Suisse in 2000 after it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he began his career.  Prior to attending business school, Alex worked as an Engineer in the Israeli Aircraft Industries and served in the Israeli Airforce. 

Alex holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Marie Zimny is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on providing accounting and reporting support to the firm’s insurance services initiatives.  Before joining Blue Owl, Marie was Controller at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions.

Prior to that, Marie was a Director at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management responsible for Insurance Client Support on the Portfolio Management team. Previously, she was Director of Investment Accounting at CNA and Marie began her career at Kemper Financial Services.

Marie received a B.A. in Accounting from St. Xavier University and is a registered Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.