Jean Joseph is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Liquid Credit, Head of First Lien Direct Lending. In his role, Jean serves as a Portfolio Manager and an Investment Committee member while overseeing the Liquid Credit business and the First Lien Direct Lending strategy.

Before joining Blue Owl in 2018, Jean was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co. where he was Portfolio Manager in its Investment Management Division responsible for the management of the division’s leveraged loan strategies. Prior to that, Jean was a member Goldman Sachs’ Leveraged Finance Group within the Investment Banking Division. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Jean was a member of the Wells Fargo Securities Leveraged Finance department and began his career as a credit analyst at GE Capital and Atherton Capital with a focus on middle market lending.

Jean received an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, where he attended as a Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Fellow. Jean also received a BBA from the University of Notre Dame where he captained the Varsity Men’s Soccer Team and was a recipient of the Francis Patrick O’Connor Award. Jean is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society.
Jean is currently a Trustee of the Rye Country Day School, and a member of the Notre Dame Wall Street Leadership Committee.

Vivian June is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In her role, she focuses on supporting the Real Estate Credit team's business and legal initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, Vivian was a Finance & Real Estate Associate at Dechert LLP in New York City. Prior to that, Vivian was an associate Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP and Arnold & Porter LLP. Vivian previously held secondments at Blackstone and Brookfield Asset Management.

Vivian received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and holds a B.A. in History with a minor in Film Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Ally Kaden is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Stakes Value Creation Group. In her role, Ally leads the Operational Advisory practice which provides operational, and technology related best practice consulting and thought leadership to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ally was a Vice President in the Alternative Investments and Manager Selection team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she was a senior member of the Operational Due Diligence team. In this role, Ally was responsible for evaluating the operational infrastructure and regulatory compliance programs of private equity and hedge funds on the platform. Ally began her career on the Goldman Sachs Asset Management Compliance team, providing compliance advisory services to internal portfolio management teams.

Ally received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Elizabeth Kahl is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In her role, she focuses on institutional client relationship management.

Before joining Blue Owl, Elizabeth was a partner at Brigade Capital, a below investment grade global asset management firm based in New York. Prior to that, she was Director of Finance at American Express. Elizabeth began her career as an accountant at Deloitte and Touche.

Previously, Elizabeth served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for Sacred Heart Academy.

Elizabeth received her BS in Accounting from Fairfield University.

Benjamin Kantowitz is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Strategic Equity Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and executing new deals, as well as managing existing portfolio company investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Benjamin was a Vice President at EQT Partners on the direct private equity team. Prior to EQT, he worked for private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, and before that for Evercore in the M&A investment banking group.

Benjamin holds a BS in Finance and Economics, summa cum laude, from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he graduated first in his class.

Shabbir Karim 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 Direct Lending Private Credit business.

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2022, Shabbir was a Vice President at Strategic Value Partners, where he served as a Controller in the Fund Accounting Group and was responsible for the accounting and reporting for various alternative investment funds. Prior to that, Shabbir was a Senior Manager at PwC, where he worked within the Financial Services practice specializing in audits of alternative investment funds.

Shabbir received a BS, cum laude, in Accounting from the University of Connecticut and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Mike Katz is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the credit platform's corporate finance and strategy initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mike was a Vice President at Silver Point Capital. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Sixth Street. Mike began his career as at PwC as an Associate on the valuation and transaction services team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mike received his BS in Finance from Tulane University

Nausheen Kaul is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for Portfolio Operations for Blue Owl’s portfolio companies.

Before joining Blue Owl, he was Chief Transformation Officer at Employbridge and Better Being Company, where he led successful commercial and operational turnarounds. He previously held senior operational leadership roles at Nike and Nordstrom.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Rochester.

Soraya Kazziha is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Insurance Solutions Investment Team. In her role, she is responsible for driving Blue Owl’s Insurance Solutions franchise across EMEA.

Before joining Blue Owl, she was Group Head of Balance-Sheet Management, Corporate Finance & Treasury at Athora Holding. Prior to that, she spent over a decade at PIMCO, where she led the Global Insurance Solutions team and headed the Client Solutions and Analytics function in EMEA. Soraya began her career in Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan.

She holds a PhD in Mathematical Finance from Imperial College, London, and an Engineering Degree from CentraleSupélec, Paris.

Brendan Kelly is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Stakes Value Creation Group. In his role, Brendan serves as Head of the Corporate Strategy & M&A team, where he supports GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers on mergers and acquisitions, new product development, and other strategic growth initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, he was a Partner at White Oak Equity Partners, where he led origination and execution of GP stakes investments. Prior to White Oak, Brendan was an Equity Partner and Vice President at Berkshire Global. Before Berkshire Global, he was a member of the New Investments Team at Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). Brendan began his career at Lehman Brothers in the Investment Management Division.

Brendan received a BA from Middlebury College with a focus in Economics. He also received an MBA with a focus in Finance and Accounting from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with honors as a Palmer Scholar. Brendan currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Far Brook School in Short Hills, NJ.