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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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Sean Ward
Senior Managing Director
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Directory

Fiona Carvell
Principal
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Fiona Carvell
Fiona Carvell
Principal
New York

Fiona Carvell is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, Fiona serves as the Chief of Staff to the Chief Financial Officer, Credit, focusing on communications, operations, people and strategic initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, Fiona was Senior Vice President at HSBC for 12 years in transformation, communications, people and operations roles in Hong Kong, London and New York. Prior to HSBC, Fiona held a variety of communications positions at Lloyds Banking Group, EY and RBC Capital Markets.

Fiona received her BSc in Geology with honors from Durham University and is an admitted member of the Chief of Staff Association. Fiona is also Chair of the Blue Owl Women’s ERG.

Adam Casella
Principal
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Adam Casella
Adam Casella
Principal
New York

Adam Casella 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 financial and insurance services sectors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Adam was a member of the investment team of Blackstone Credit (formerly, GSO Capital Partners), based in New York. Adam began his career in investing banking at Barclays, where he focused on M&A and corporate finance for companies in the Power & Utilities sector.

Adam received a BS in Finance with a concentration in history, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University. Adam later received an MBA with high distinction from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he graduated as an Edward Tuck Scholar.

Vin Cataldo
Head of Tax
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Vin Cataldo
Vin Cataldo
Head of Tax
Greenwich

Vin Cataldo is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Tax. Vin is a member of the firm’s Operating Committee and serves as Vice President of Blue Owl Capital Inc., the Blue Owl Advisers, BDCs and Blue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Trust.

Prior to joining Owl Rock in 2018, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Credit platform, Vin was a Director in the Banking & Capital Markets team at PwC, where he specialized in tax consulting, structuring, compliance and reporting services. During his tenure at PwC from 2014 to 2016, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group in PwC’s Washington National Tax Services practice in Washington, D.C., specializing in partnership taxation and the Up-C structure. Preceding those roles, Vin was a Lead Senior Accountant and Assistant Fund Controller at the Capital Group in 2011, after beginning his career with PwC in 2007.

Vin received a BS in Accounting, magna cum laude, and a MS in Taxation from Fordham University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Christy Chan
Principal
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Christy Chan
Christy Chan
Principal
Hong Kong

Christy Chan is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In her role, she focuses on supporting the firm’s Private Wealth business development in Asia.

Before joining Blue Owl, Christy was a Director at Value Partners. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Neuberger Berman's Financial Institutions business development based in Hong Kong. She also gained her private banking experience at Standard Chartered Bank, National Australia Bank and Merrill Lynch. Christy began her career as a Financial Services Officer at HSBC.

Christy received her BA in Economics from the University of New South Wales.

Ray Chan
Managing Director
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Ray Chan
Ray Chan
Managing Director
New York

Ray Chan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role as co-head of the Financial Assets team within Alternative Credit, he is jointly responsible for the team's efforts in specialty finance.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ray was a Partner at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where he co-founded the Financial Assets Team and co-led the firm's efforts in specialty finance. Ray also sat on the firm's Executive Committee, Risk Committee, DEI Steering Committee and the Investment Committees for multiple funds.  Prior to joining Atalaya, Ray was a Partner and Co-Founder of TTM Capital, LLC, an investment firm focused on acquiring and lending against portfolios of financial and other assets. Previously, he was a Managing Director and co-head of the Assets Group at Highbridge/Zwirn Capital Management. Earlier in his career, Ray was a member of the Principal Transactions and Principal Finance teams at Lehman Brothers and the Asset-Backed Securities Group at Salomon Brothers. He began his career as a consultant at Price Waterhouse, followed by internal consulting and operations roles at Lehman Brothers. Ray is a member of the Board of Directors for Apex for Youth, a non-profit organization providing mentoring, education, and after-school services to underserved Asian and immigrant youth.

Ray received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.

Joe Check
Managing Director
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Joe Check
Joe Check
Managing Director
Chicago

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.

Jack Chen
Principal
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Jack Chen
Jack Chen
Principal
New York

Jack Chen is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he focuses on legal and structural aspects of investments in private asset-backed securities and asset based finance transactions.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jack was Head of Structured Credit-Legal at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Prior to that, he supported MetLife Investment Management's fixed income legal team, focusing primarily on private asset-backed securities transactions.

Jack received his BA from Columbia College, Columbia University and his JD from Fordham University Law School. 

Nick Chong
Principal
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Nick Chong
Nick Chong
Principal
Greenwich

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
Managing Director
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Notae Chong
Notae Chong
Managing Director
Short Hills

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
Managing Director
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Kevin Christy
Kevin Christy
Managing Director
Chicago

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.