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Toby Herre is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he is responsible for Regional & Independent Financial Advisor relationships in the US Mountain Territory.
Before joining Blue Owl, he was most recently a Wealth Advisor Consultant at Nuveen Investments, where he covered all channels and advisors across public and private market strategies in the Mountain Territory. Toby also has prior experience as a Director/Sales Executive for Vanguard & WisdomTree, covering the Mountain and Southwest regions.
Toby received a Master of Business Administration in Business Administration/Management from the University of Dallas and a BA in Economics from the University of Arizona. In addition, he earned the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation from the University of California, Berkeley.
Jeff Hertz is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on the firm's 1031 exchange solution, OREX.
Before joining Blue Owl, Jeff was a SVP and Head of Advanced Planning at Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a First Vice President with Inland Securities Corporation.
Jeff received his BA in Psychology from the University of Oregon and maintains his FINRA series 7, 63 and 65 licenses.
Kwan Ho Choi is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In his role, he focuses on institutional fundraising covering Korean institutional investors.
Before joining Blue Owl, Kwanho was a Managing Director and a founding member at Ascentium Group Limited which was acquired by Blue Owl in 2021 to establish its physical presence in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was a Director and Head of Korea Distribution at Credit Suisse – Private Fund Group in Seoul, responsible for capital raising for Korean financial institutions. Kwanho began his career in 2007 as an Analyst in Institutional Sales at Credit Suisse in Seoul, responsible for sales of various products encompassing derivatives and structured products.
Kwanho received his BBA from Seoul National University.
Tom Hogan is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Insurance Solutions Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for leading strategic partnerships, M&A, minority equity investments, reinsurance and capital solutions with insurance companies.
Previously, Tom was a member of Blue Owl’s Direct Lending Investment Team, where he led investments in the financial services sector. Before joining Blue Owl, he was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the Financial Institutions and Leveraged Finance groups, and he began his career at Deloitte in audit and consulting for financial services clients.
Tom received an MBA from the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management and a BBA from Loyola University Maryland.
Brandon Holy is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for day-to-day oversight and support of the asset management team dedicated to asset-backed investments within Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit portfolio.
Before joining Blue Owl, he was a Director at MidCap Financial Services, LLC, where he oversaw a portfolio of asset-backed loans to consumer and commercial non-bank lenders. Prior to that, he was a Portfolio Manager within Capital One’s Financial Institutions Group, managing transactions across the group’s consumer and commercial verticals.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Sports Administration from Louisiana State University.
Jesse Hom is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Investment Officer of Real Assets and Head of Real Estate Credit. In his role, he is responsible for the Real Assets platform’s investment and portfolio management activities as well as other real estate and corporate initiatives. Jesse also serves as a member of the investment committees for the Blue Owl Real Assets, Real Assets Credit, and Insurance Solutions groups as well as sits on the Board of Directors of STORE Capital.
Prior to joining Blue Owl, he was the Global Head of Real Estate Credit and Capital Markets at GIC, where he focused on driving performance and growth across both GIC’s real estate credit and equity businesses for over 15 years, and before that, he was an investment banking associate at JP Morgan and investment analyst at HEI Hospitality, a hospitality focused private equity real estate fund.
Jesse received his BS in Hospitality Management from Cornell University.
Daniel Hong is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on direct lending to technology firms.
Before joining Blue Owl, Daniel was an Investment Professional at SLR Capital Partners, a credit-focused asset manager based in New York. Daniel began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group at Wells Fargo Securities.
Daniel received an AB in Philosophy, cum laude, from Princeton University.
Kaitlin Howard is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of BDC Unsecured Funding. As the Head of Unsecured Funding and Bank Relationships for the Blue Owl BDCs, Kaitlin brings nearly 15 years of experience in investment banking and financial services.
Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2022, Kaitlin served as Managing Director, Head of FIG Debt Capital Markets at SMBC Nikko, where she was responsible for building and overseeing the investment grade financials underwriting business. Prior to SMBC, Kaitlin held various positions on the debt capital markets desks at Citigroup and Mizuho, where she executed a variety of multi-currency debt, liability management and M&A-related financings.
Kaitlin received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Richmond.
Jesse Huff is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he is Co-Head of Opportunistic Credit and shares portfolio management responsibility for the Blue Owl Opportunistic Lending Fund.
Before joining Blue Owl, Jesse was a Managing Director at Oaktree Capital Management focused on opportunistic direct lending. Prior to that, he was a Principal at the Carlyle Group focused on distressed and special situations. Jesse began his career as an analyst at Merrill Lynch and worked extensively across the special situation’s platform.
Jesse received his MBA from Columbia University and graduated from Ohio University with a BA in Finance.
Marco Iannotta is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the accounting and finance function for Real Assets.
Before joining Blue Owl, Marco was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, focusing on assurance solutions for public and private real estate clients.
Marco serves as Chair of the Finance Committee of The Family Institute at Northwestern University, a nonprofit that provides mental health services to adults and children. He received his BA and MAS in Accountancy from Northern Illinois University.