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Chief Operating Officer
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Directory

Brooks Fleming
Principal
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Brooks Fleming
Brooks Fleming
Principal
Chicago

Brooks Fleming is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In ​his role, he focuses on supporting the firm’s Real Assets businesses.

Before joining Blue Owl, Brooks was an Executive Director and Broker-Dealer Chief Compliance Officer at GCM Grosvenor, a global alternatives asset manager. Prior to that, he was the Head of the US Control Room at Citadel LLC, where he oversaw event driven reporting, managed the firmwide restricted list, and advised on MNPI related matters. He also held positions of Assistant General Counsel and Compliance Officer while at Citadel. Brooks began his career as a Compliance Examiner at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Brooks received his JD from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and holds a dual BA in Economics and Political Science from Indiana University.

Gavin Flynn
Principal
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Gavin Flynn
Gavin Flynn
Principal
New York

Gavin Flynn is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on the analysis of all delivery metrics of our Digital Infrastructure Development projects at underwriting and during their delivery lifecycle.

Before joining Blue Owl, Gavin was a Director at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to that, Gavin was a Regional Vice President with Linesight, a real estate development consultant, that provide controls and governance services to major Digital Infrastructure Development companies. Gavin began his career working across Europe with a General Contractor, overseeing the budget and delivery schedule of complex pharmaceutical facilities.

Gavin recently completed his E/MBA and has a BSc in Construction Economics and Management from Technological University Dublin, in Ireland.

Adam Forchheimer
Managing Director
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Adam Forchheimer
Adam Forchheimer
Managing Director
New York

Adam Forchheimer is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Adam is the Head of Portfolio Management, focusing on credit risk management and oversight of the entire portfolio of direct lending investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Adam was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse in each of the Leveraged Finance departments where he ran the Bridge Finance Group and in the Asset Management division where he was the US Portfolio Manager for a distressed credit winddown fund. Adam began his career as a securities and banking attorney at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Adam received a JD from Harvard Law School and holds a BS with Honors in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

Katie Fowler
Principal
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Katie Fowler
Katie Fowler
Principal
New York

Katie Fowler is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In her role, Katie leads Direct Lending Portfolio Strategy with over a decade of experience in Credit. Katie and her team are responsible for supporting the growth of the firm’s Credit platform by acting as a conduit between the Direct Lending investment team and global Private Wealth distribution channel.
 
Prior to Blue Owl, Katie was a Principal at Blackstone where she led the Credit Product Strategy efforts within Private Wealth Solutions. Her focus was dedicated to supporting the growth of the Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) with Financial Advisors and Home Office clients globally.

Katie’s experience in Credit markets began at BlackRock where she led the Private Wealth Strategy team within the Global Credit platform. In this capacity, she provided portfolio and market insights regarding Private Credit, High Yield Bond, Leveraged Loan, and Multi-Strategy Credit funds.

She began her career in the Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs, specifically within Private Wealth Management. 
 
Katie graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in International Politics.

Wendy Fraioli
Principal
Wendy Fraioli
Principal
New York

Wendy Fraioli is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on accounting and client reporting relating to Blue Owl open ended funds and separately managed accounts specializing in commercial real estate debt.

Before joining Blue Owl, Wendy was a Vice President at Prima Capital Advisors, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Real Estate Credit strategy. Prior to that, she was a Fund Controller at Emil Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm for two years, Vice President/Portfolio Controller at Hunt Investment Management, a real estate investment manager for six years, and a Vice President at AQR Capital Management, an investment management firm, for 10 years. Wendy began her career as an auditor in financial services with KPMG.

Wendy received her BBA in Accounting, summa cum laude, from Hofstra University and became a Certified Public Accountant in 2002.

Justin Frantzreb
Managing Director
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Justin Frantzreb
Justin Frantzreb
Managing Director
New York

Justin Frantzreb is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the firm’s Alternative Credit business.

Before joining Blue Owl, Justin was the Director of Operations and Treasury at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Cerberus Capital Management LP, focused on CLO Compliance, Bank Debt and Trade Operations. Justin began his career at Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Justin received his BA in International Economics, from The George Washington University (Elliott School of International Affairs).

Jennifer Fritzsche
Managing Director
Jennifer Fritzsche
Managing Director
Chicago

Jennifer Fritzsche is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she is responsible for Investor Relations and Strategy for our data center investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, she was Managing Director at Mizuho | Greenhill, where she co-led the Communication Services & Digital Infrastructure practices. Prior to joining Mizuho | Greenhill in April, 2021, Jennifer Fritzsche was CFO, Manager, and Board Member of Canopy Spectrum—a company focused on the wireless spectrum space. Before this role, she served as Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities for 25 years. Her coverage focused on the Telecommunication Services, Cable, Data Center, and Tower sectors. During her tenure at Wells, Jennifer received numerous awards, including top rankings from Institutional Investor in the Communications Infrastructure category for four consecutive years. During her time as an analyst, Jennifer made numerous media appearances and was often a guest on Bloomberg and CNBC.

She received a BA in History from the College of the Holy Cross and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.

Allie Fuss
Principal
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Allie Fuss
Allie Fuss
Principal
Greenwich

Allie Fuss is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In her role, she focuses on trading broadly syndicated leveraged loans on behalf of both the Liquid and Direct Lending strategies.

Before joining Blue Owl, Allie was a Director at CBAM Partners, a CLO manager founded in 2016 that was acquired by The Carlyle Group in 2022. She started her career on the Leveraged Loan trading desk at Morgan Stanley.

Allie received her BA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, where she graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

Michael Gabriel
Managing Director
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Michael Gabriel
Michael Gabriel
Managing Director
New York

Michael Gabriel is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on evaluating investment opportunities, and underwriting equity and financing transactions for the GP Strategic Capital investment team.

Michael joined in 2015 from Deutsche Bank’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group, where he advised corporate clients and financial sponsors on the evaluation and execution of transactions.

Michael earned an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and a BA from the College of the Holy Cross. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Cole Gallagher
Principal
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Cole Gallagher
Cole Gallagher
Principal
New York

Cole Gallagher is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the GP Stakes Value Creation Group. In his role, he focuses on delivering insights to partner manager investment teams during sourcing, diligence, and value creation.

Before joining Blue Owl, Cole was Director of Client Analytics at Fetch Rewards. Prior to that, he was a Manager at KPMG, as a member of the Deal Advisory and Strategy Analytics practice. Cole began his career as a Data Science & Project Management Consultant at BlumShapiro (now a part of CliftonLarsonAllen).

Cole received his BS in Economics, magna cum laude, from Quinnipiac University.