Joe Check is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on capital markets, arranging all of the financing needs of the firm and managing relationships with the lending community.

Before joining Blue Owl, Joe was Head of US Capital Markets at Heitman. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in the Real Estate Merchant Banking Group at Wells Fargo.

Joe received a BS in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Nick Chong is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on investments in broadly syndicated non-investment grade leveraged loans within the technology and software sectors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Nick was a Senior Credit Analyst at Littlejohn & Co., a middle-market private equity fund based in Greenwich, CT. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Golub Capital on the Direct Lending team in Chicago. Prior to that, Nick was a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance Group at RBC Capital Markets. Nick began his career at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in its Leveraged Finance Group.

Nick received his BA in Government from Cornell University.

Notae Chong is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on the financial reporting function, which includes SEC and management reporting.

Before joining Blue Owl, he served as a Director in Finance at Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (“Annaly”), where his responsibilities included oversight of financial reporting, corporate accounting and financial controls functions. At Annaly, he also served as the Head of Inclusion, where he focused on efforts to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. Prior to Annaly, he served in a number of senior roles at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Stifel Financial Corp., including Senior Vice President, Director of SEC Reporting and Accounting Policy, and financial controllership roles. He began his career at Deloitte LLP and provided assurance and advisory services to clients in the financial services industry, including alternative asset managers, publicly traded business development companies and private real estate entities.

Notae graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Accounting.

Kevin Christy is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In his role, he focuses on leading the firm’s Compliance Testing and Controls Program.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kevin was an exam manager in the SEC’s Division of Examinations and an attorney in the SEC’s Office of General Counsel. Prior to that, he was a member of the investment management practice at K&L Gates in Washington, D.C., where he advised mutual funds, ETFs, their boards of directors, and investment advisers on fund governance and regulatory issues related to the federal securities laws.

Kevin received his JD from the Washington College of Law at American University and holds a BA in government from Georgetown University.

Guy Clark is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Operating Officer, Institutional Business Development. In his role, he focuses on client operations. Before joining Blue Owl, Guy was the Head of Client Relations at Pretium. Prior to that, he was the Head of Marketing Operations and Strategy at York Capital, and the Marketing Group COO at Angelo Gordon. He held multiple roles at Oaktree Capital Management, including Senior Vice President and Vice President in the Marketing & Client Relations team. Guy began his career in London working as both an Associate at Helix Associates and as an Analyst at McKinsey & Company.

Guy received an MA in Geography from the University of Oxford and an MA in International Relations from the University of Warwick.

Ryan Clark is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. Ryan has 17 years of asset management experience and oversees the business development and client service effort for Blue Owl’s investment consultant relationships.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Ryan worked for PIMCO, Octagon Credit Investors, and BlackRock.

Ryan serves as a Trustee of the College Men’s Club of Westfield, which provides scholarships to promising and deserving graduates from Westfield High School in New Jersey. 

Ryan graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Economics.  Ryan is a CFA Charterholder.

James Clarke is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Global Head of Institutional Business Development. James has 23 years of asset management experience and oversees the business development and client service for Blue Owl’s institutional investors including public and corporate pensions, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments, healthcare plans and large family offices globally.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, he worked for PIMCO, GoldenTree Asset Management and Landmark Partners.

Originally from Australia, James has a BA from the University of Sydney.

Scott Clifford is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he is focused on providing direct lending solutions to middle market companies and private equity sponsors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Scott was a Principal within the Credit Platform of Apollo Global Management, a leading alternative asset manager based in New York. Prior to that, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Leveraged Finance group.

Scott received a BA in Economics from Davidson College, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Bryan Cole is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Business Development Companies. In his role Bryan serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of each of Blue Owl Credit Income Corp. and Blue Owl Technology Income Corp., the Chief Operating Officer of each of Blue Owl Capital Corporation II and Blue Owl Capital Corporation III and is the Chief Accounting Officer and Co-Controller of each of Blue Owl Capital Corporation, Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp., and Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. II.  Bryan is a member of the firm's Operating Committee as well as the Credit platform’s Operating and Valuation Committees

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Bryan was Assistant Controller of Business Development Corporation of America, a non-traded BDC, where he was responsible for overseeing the finance, accounting, financial reporting, operations and internal controls functions. Preceding that role, Bryan worked within the Financial Services — Alternative Investments practice of PwC where he specialized in financial reporting, fair valuation of illiquid investments and structured products, internal controls and other technical accounting matters pertaining to alternative investment advisors, hedge funds, BDCs and private equity funds.

Bryan received a BS in Accounting from Fordham University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Colleen Collins is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Investment Team. Colleen also serves as a member of the Blue Owl Real Estate's investment team (responsible for sourcing single tenant triple net lease real estate assets).

Before joining Blue Owl, Colleen was with GE Capital for over 15 years. She helped in various leadership roles in corporate finance running commercial teams responsible for senior debt and fixed asset finance transactions. Colleen also launched a $3B industrial finance business as a captive finance business. Before that, Colleen worked at a wealth advisory firm for high-net-worth families.

She earned a BS in Finance and Economics, summa cum laude, from Georgetown University. Additionally, she received an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business.