Douglas Ross is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on fundraising for Blue Owl Liquid Credit Strategies as well as the broader suite of Blue Owl funds.

Before joining Blue Owl in 2023, Doug was Head of North American Business Development at TFG Asset Management for 10 years. Prior to that, he headed business development for Field Street Capital. Prior to that, Doug was a partner at Normandy Hill Capital, responsible for fund raising and all other investor related activities. Before Normandy Hill, Doug held business development roles for hedge fund seeding and platform businesses including Tiger Management and Vega Asset Management. Doug spent the first 10 years of his career trading rates and volatility on rates as well as Emerging Market fixed income products at proprietary desks including Banco Santander, Chase Manhattan Bank and BankBoston.

Doug earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in International Studies and Spanish from the University of Richmond.

James Rotchford is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Net Lease Investment Team. James Rotchford serves as a Principal at Blue Owl, Real Estate. In this role, Mr. Rotchford is responsible for sourcing and executing on the Firm’s European real estate investment opportunities.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Mr. Rotchford served as Director at Eastdil Secured, where he led the firms European Net Lease Advisory team for six years, based in London. 

Prior to Eastdil Secured, Mr. Rotchford was Fixed Income Sales Associate and Equity Financing Products Sales-Trader at Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Rotchford graduated from Lafayette College with a B.A. in Economics and is a CFA Charterholder.

Matt Rothfleisch is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he oversees public markets investing for the Alternative Credit team and is a member of the Investment Committee. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Matt was a Partner at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he was the Founder, CEO and CIO of Rotation Capital, a New York based opportunistic hedge fund. Before that, Matt was a Partner at Del Mar Asset Management, overseeing the Credit business and serving as a member of the Investment and Management Committees. Prior to that he was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Highbridge/Zwirn overseeing the Domestic Capital Structure Arbitrage portfolio. He began working on the buyside as a trader at Oak Hill after working as an Investment Banking and Capital Markets Analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

Matthew has a BA in Political Science from Columbia College. 

Tom Rowland is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he serves as a Credit Product Specialist working closely with the regional Institutional Business Development teams while also interacting actively with the investment teams to help support and enhance client service and sales efforts for the various credit strategies across the firm.

Tom has 22 years of investment management experience across liquid and illiquid credit strategies.  Before joining Blue Owl, he was a Managing Director in Business Development for Silver Point Capital. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at GCM Grosvenor where he was on the investment team and focused on credit manager research for the Absolute Return Strategies group. Tom began his career at Citadel Investment Group as a high yield/distressed credit analyst.

Originally from England, Tom is based in Chicago and has a BA in Economics and certificate in Finance from Princeton University. He is a CFA and CAIA Charterholder.

Gary Rozier is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Assets Management Team. In his role, Gary serves on the investment committee and is responsible for reviewing and approving Real Assets transactions, as well as interfacing with limited partners on the investment portfolios. 

Gary was Senior Vice President at Ariel Investments for 14 years where he was responsible for business development and client services. Prior to joining Ariel, Gary spent 5 years with Rydex Funds, now Guggenheim Investments, where he served as regional vice president responsible for product development and distribution across the Midwest. 

Gary earned a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland.
 

Agatha Rudz Froese is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, she leads the Citizenship and Strategic Initiatives practice, advising GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers on the development of programs and policies that integrate employee-focused objectives with the overall business strategy of an organization.

Before joining Blue Owl, Agatha was a Senior Recruiter at Neuberger Berman, a global asset management firm. Prior to that, she was a Managing Consultant in the Legal practice at Michael Page. Agatha began her career as a Recruitment Coordinator at Goldman Sachs.

Agatha received a BA in Politics from New York University and a JD from Pace University School of Law.

Eileen Ryan is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Net Lease Investment Team. In her role she focuses on supporting the firm’s risk management and insurance needs.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Eileen was the Director of Risk Management at a global real estate company and offers more than 30-years’ experience in her career in risk and insurance management. 

Eileen received her BA from the University of Illinois and holds an ARM designation in Risk Management. 

Johann Santer is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Private Wealth APAC. Johann is a member of the global Private Wealth Leadership Team and in his role, he focuses on the firm’s expansion of the Private Wealth business across Asia Pacific markets. Johann is responsible for fundraising, expanding strategic relationships, and identifying innovative solutions for high-net-worth clients and their advisors across the APAC region.

Johann has more than 20 years of experience in the asset management and private banking industry. Before joining Blue Owl, Johann was Fidelity International’s Regional Lead for Wholesale, alongside his role as Head of Private Banking, Wealth and Strategic Clients, APAC ex-Japan. During his tenure, Johann led the successful buildout of Fidelity International’s private banking and wealth franchise in the APAC regions, adding coverage of Hong Kong and Singapore Wholesale. Prior to that, Johann was Managing Director and Head of Investment Specialists, Funds Hong Kong, at Bank Julius Baer and before that he spent 10 years at a leading quant based Hedge Fund overseeing global fund distribution. He started his career at the Credit and Rating Department at the Central Bank of the Republic of Austria (OeNB).

Johann earned a combined master’s and bachelor's degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Applied Science BFI Vienna.

Alex Santos is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on evaluating and structuring direct lending transactions for borrowers in the food, beverage, and agriculture sectors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Alex was an Associate on Continental Grain Company’s private equity team focused on investments within the broader food and agriculture industries. Alex began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Citigroup in New York.

Alex received a BS in Finance and BA in Statistics from Rutgers University, where he graduated summa cum laude.

Pal Sarai is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, his responsibilities include developing business and overseeing creation of fund vehicles in Europe.

Before joining Blue Owl, Pal was a Managing Director of Prima Europe based in the UK, a subsidiary of Prima Capital Advisors, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Real Estate Finance strategy. He managed Prima Europe and its office in London.  Pal worked closely with Prima’s CEO and CIO to identify European investment opportunities that were presented to the Prima investment team in the course of normal business.  Prior to that, Pal was Global Head of Client Consulting for the investment consulting firm, bfinance. 

Pal received his BA (Honors) in Finance and an MBA from Imperial College, London. Pal is a CAIA charter holder.