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Brett Cook is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on Client & Business Operations.
Before joining Blue Owl, Brett was a Principal, Global Compliance Advisor at TIAA/Nuveen, a global asset manager, based in Chicago. Prior to that, he was a Vice President, Compliance Manager at JP Morgan Chase, Asset Management. Brett began his career as a Plan Document Coordinator at MassMutual Financial Group.
Brett is an ardent supporter and active volunteer for God’s Love We Deliver. The mission of God’s Love We Deliver is to improve the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. Brett received his BA in English with a concentration in Communications, summa cum laude, from Western New England College.
Joe Cortese is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In his role, he focuses on providing Investment Compliance related coverage to Credit, GP Strategic Capital and Real Estate.
Before joining Blue Owl, Joe was a Vice President in the Compliance group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. in New York. Joe began his career as a Compliance Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Financial Crimes Compliance Group.
Joe received his BS in Government from Connecticut College.
Rachel Craft is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Rachel is part of the Capital Strategy practice providing fundraising advisory and client development support to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers. She is responsible for managing relationship with US institutional investors in the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast.
Before joining Blue Owl, Rachel was a Vice President at Phoenix Investment Adviser, a stressed credit fund based in New York. Prior to that, she was an Associate at Credit Suisse. Rachel began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Debt Capital Markets Group.
Rachel received a BBA in Finance from the University of Michigan, where she graduated with High Distinction.
Chris Crampton is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Strategic Equity. Previously, Chris was a Partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman”) where he was the head of Services private equity investing and prior to that led Industrials private equity investing in the Merchant Banking and Asset Management Divisions. While at Goldman, he was a member of the Global Corporate Equity Investment Committee and Growth Sub-Investment Committee and represented Goldman on various corporate boards. Prior to Goldman, Chris worked in the investment banking group at Deutsche Bank Securities.
Chris serves on the board of the ‘Sconset Trust, a non-profit committed to land conservation, historical preservation, and related educational and recreational initiatives in Siasconset, Massachusetts. Chris received an AB degree in History from Princeton University.
Josh D'Andria is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he supports the liquid credit strategy and focuses on the day-to-day operations of the broadly syndicated loan investments.
Before joining Blue Owl, Josh was a Vice President at Wellfleet Credit Partners, the predecessor to Blue Owl’s Liquid Credit team, and was responsible for many aspects of the operations function for the CLO’s. He began his career at IHS Markit working as a Par/Distressed Loan Closer, facilitating the settling of financial transactions using a web-based electronic loan settlement platform.
Josh received his BA in Marketing along with his MBA in Business Management from Iona University’s Hagan School of Business (FKA as Iona College).
Ann Dai is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Blue Owl Investor Relations. Based in New York City, she is focused on all aspects of public shareholder relations.
Before joining Blue Owl, Ann was a Principal at Apollo Global Management, an alternative asset manager based in New York City. Prior to that, she was a Director and lead covering analyst for brokers and select asset managers at KBW.
Ann received a BSBA in Finance and Accounting and a MSF (Master of Science in Finance), magna cum laude, from Washington University in St Louis. Currently, Ann serves on the board of the New York chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).
Sarah Dally is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. Sarah is part of the Capital Strategy practice providing fundraising advisory and client development support for GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers. She is responsible for managing relationships with European investors with a specific focus on hedge fund and real estate investors.
Before joining Blue Owl, Sarah was a Director within the Business Development team at GoldenTree Asset Management. Sarah began her career at AllianceBernstein in the wealth management business.
Sarah received a BA in Policy Studies with a concentration in Economics from Lafayette College.
Karla Daly is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Human Resources Team. In her role, Karla is Head of HR Operations, Technology & People Analytics and serves as a senior HR Business Partner.
Before joining Blue Owl Karla worked in a variety of senior-level HR Business Partner, Specialist and Project Management roles, most recently at Centerbridge Partners, a private equity, private credit and real estate investment firm. Prior to that Karla worked at Barclays Capital, UBS and JP Morgan where she held HR leadership roles for diverse businesses including Investment Teams, Wealth Management, Equity Research, Sales & Trading, Card Management, Corporate Functions, and Operations & Technology.
Karla serves on the Board of Directors of 108 Owners Corp and holds a BA in Psychology with a Business minor from the State University of New York at Albany.
Adarsh Dasika is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. Adarsh serves as the Head of International Strategic Partnerships and is based in New York. He is responsible for managing the firm's strategic distribution partnerships in non-US markets.
Before joining Blue Owl, Adarsh was at Blackstone in New York and London in various roles within the Private Wealth Solutions team. Prior to that, Adarsh began his career at UBS Wealth Management.
Adarsh received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University.
Matthew Davis is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Deputy Chief Accounting Officer. In his role, he focuses on accounting, operations and financial reporting for Blue Owl.
Before joining Blue Owl, Matthew previously worked in the accounting/finance departments at Sculptor Capital and Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, Matthew began his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young.
Matthew received a BS in Accounting from The College of New Jersey and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.