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Adam Casella is a Managing Director 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 is a Senior 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, Blue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Trust and Blue Owl Alternative Credit Fund and as Executive Vice President of Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure 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, after beginning his career with PwC.
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 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.
Evan Chan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Insurance Solutions Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for leading Blue Owl’s efforts to originate and structure investment products for insurance companies.
Before joining Blue Owl, he was a Portfolio Manager and Head of PAM Strategic Partners at Prosperity Asset Management, where he managed a portfolio of strategic equity investments in asset origination companies and structured assets generated by such companies to optimally fit insurance companies. He has also held positions at Centerbridge Partners, Global Atlantic, and Goldman Sachs.
He received a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ray Chan is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role as co-head of the Asset Based Finance team within Alternative Credit, he is jointly responsible for the team's efforts in non-corporate, private credit investments which are backed by financial or hard assets.
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 ABF/Financial Assets Team and co-led the firm's efforts in the space. 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 the Chair of the Board of Directors for Apex for Youth, a nonprofit organization providing mentoring, education, mental health and after-school programs and services to underserved Asian and immigrant youth. Ray also currently serves on the National Advisory Council of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM).
Ray received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.
Fabienne Chantelot is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Luxembourg Operations. In her role, she leads the Luxembourg office operations related to the Luxembourg Funds and SPV investing in EMEA. In addition, Fabienne is a Director on the Boards of the Luxembourg entities.
Previously Fabienne led the Luxembourg office of Stack Infrastructure. Before joining Stack, she was a Managing Director at PwC Luxembourg, where she gained a wide range of experience. She started her career as an auditor in the real estate industry and later moved to accounting, financial reporting, and tax compliance. She was also a key member of the risk management and compliance teams.
Fabienne has a master’s degree from ICN School of Management of Nancy, France. She also holds the diploma of Expert Comptable in Luxembourg.
Joe Check is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Assets 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.
Dane Chodos is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on acquisitions, development, and managing customer relationships.
Before joining Blue Owl, Dane was a Vice President at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Digital Realty (DLR), a real estate investment trust that owns and operates data centers globally, where he focused on portfolio management. Dane began his career as an Associate at Barrington Capital.
Dane received his BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
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 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.