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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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Directory

Elvan Ng
Principal
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Elvan Ng
Elvan Ng
Principal
Singapore

Elvan Ng is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on developing and growing Blue Owl’s client presence and asset base through the private wealth management channel in APAC.

Before joining Blue Owl, Elvan was a Global Investment Specialist at JPMorgan Private Bank, where he was responsible for providing advisory and discretionary solutions across asset classes to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices in Southeast Asia. Prior to JPMorgan Private Bank, he spent seven years at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management where he provided holistic wealth management solutions to clients and led business development initiatives in Singapore and Indonesia.

Elvan graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Business Administration (First Class Honors).

Rita Ng
Managing Director
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Rita Ng
Rita Ng
Managing Director
Hong Kong

Rita Ng is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Rita is a part of the Capital Strategy practice providing fundraising advisory and client development support to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers. She is responsible for managing relationships with institutional investors, private wealth management platforms, family offices and consultants in Asia Pacific.

Before joining Blue Owl, Rita was a Principal at Park Hill Group, where she was the key member of Hedge Funds & Private Credit Distribution Team in Asia. Prior to that, she served as an investment professional at GCM Grosvenor’s Private Markets Investment Team. Previously, she worked in Leveraged and Acquisition Finance Team at Natixis. Rita completed her certified public accountant practice at Deloitte Corporate Finance and Ernst & Young.

Rita received a BBA in Accounting from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where she graduated with high honors, and an MBA from The University of Manchester with Merit. She is fluent in Mandarin and native in Cantonese.

Julie Ngai
Principal
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Julie Ngai
Julie Ngai
Principal
New York

Julie Ngai is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on supporting the credit platform’s corporate finance and strategy initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, Julie was a Vice President at Owl Rock Capital Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Credit platform. Prior to that, she was an Associate at Apax Partners, a private equity firm based in London and New York. Julie began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Julie received her BS in Finance from Tulane University.

Kevin Nicholas
Managing Director
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Kevin Nicholas
Kevin Nicholas
Managing Director
New York

Kevin Nicholas is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he is focused on business development and client management for insurance companies and financial institutions in the US and Bermuda.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kevin was a Managing Director at Invesco Ltd. where he was responsible for the firm’s U.S. insurance asset management efforts. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was responsible for new business development and client service for US life, property and casualty, health and reinsurance general account investors. Kevin began his career in asset management at AllianceBernstein, LP where he held various sales and client servicing roles within the firm’s New York and Philadelphia offices.

Kevin earned an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA as well as a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD.

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

Logan Nicholson is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Logan is a member of the Diversified Lending Investment Committee and President of Blue Owl Capital Corporation, Blue Owl Capital Corporation II, and Blue Owl Credit Income Corp., and Portfolio Manager for certain funds in Blue Owl’s Diversified Lending strategy, including Blue Owl Capital Corporation, Blue Owl Capital Corporation II, and Blue Owl Credit Income Corp.  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, where he was most recently a Managing Director and Head of US 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 BS 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 Credit Finance & Capital Markets 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 Net Lease Investment Team. In this role, Chris is responsible for the origination, evaluation, and execution of investments for Blue Owl's Real Assets 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.

Keitaro Nishiyama
Principal
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Keitaro Nishiyama
Keitaro Nishiyama
Principal
Tokyo

Keitaro Nishiyama is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on fundraising covering Japanese private wealth investors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Keitaro was at PGIM Japan, focused on fundraising mainly covering pension clients. Prior to that, he was a relationship manager at BlackRock, responsible for delivering technology solutions (Aladdin) to clients. Keitaro began his career at Nomura Asset Management.

He earned bachelor of economics degree from the University of Tokyo.

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.

Jim Noll
Principal
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Jim Noll
Jim Noll
Principal
Short Hills

Jim Noll is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on accounting and reporting for alternative credit funds.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jim was an Assistant Controller at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, Jim was an Accounting Manager at SEI, a fund administrator where he focused on private credit funds.

Jim received a BS in Accounting from the University of Scranton.