Kaja Pergar is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Insurance Solutions Investment Team. In her role, she is responsible for product development and organic growth opportunities for Blue Owl’s insurance strategies.

Prior to this role, she was responsible for designing and implementing a climate strategy for Blue Owl.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kaja was a Principal at Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm, advising companies on business strategy, risk management and climate issues across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Kaja received a master’s degree in Physics from University College London (UCL).

JD Perone is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he is focused on operational risk management across the Blue Owl direct lending platform, with a particular concentration on deal closing and loan administration.

Before joining Blue Owl, JD was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, a global investment bank based in New York, where he supported the Leveraged Finance and Structured Credit businesses across multiple risk management functions including Product Control and Middle Office.

JD received a BS in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude, from Rutgers University.

Matt Perone is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Information Technology Team. In his role, he is responsible for leading data science for Blue Owl Real Assets.

Before joining Blue Owl, Matt served as the Head of Data Science at Oak Street Real Estate Capital, the predecessor to Blue Owl’s Real Assets platform. He began his career as a Quantitative Researcher at Citadel, later founding Helix Partners, a global quantitative hedge fund. After leading Helix, Matt returned to Citadel as a Senior Quantitative Researcher before joining Blue Owl.

Matt attended Harvard, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Financial Economics, and a master's degree in Applied Mathematics, specializing in Decision and Control Theory.

Sana Petersen is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Assets Team. In her role, she focuses on commercial real estate asset management which includes annual, quarterly, and monthly financial reporting of all commercial real estate investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Sana was a Managing Director at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Prior to that, she was a Director at Citigroup in Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets & Warehouse Lending. Sana has also held roles at CWCapital, GMAC Commercial Mortgage and Deloitte.

Sana received her MBA in Finance from Cornell University and holds a BBA, magna cum laude, in Accounting from Georgia State University.

Matt Petrucci is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. Based in New York, he is a Fund Controller in the Direct Lending Private Credit Business.

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2018, Matt was a Senior Fund Accountant at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, where he worked in the Private Commingled Fund Accounting Group and was responsible for the accounting and reporting for various Alternative Investment Funds and CLOs. Prior to that, Matt worked within the Financial Services practice of PwC where he specialized in audits of alternative investment funds.

Matt received a MS in Accounting from Binghamton University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Taylor Petty is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Corporate Operations & Strategy Team. In his role, he focuses on procurement, risk management, and strategic operational initiatives.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Taylor was a consultant at Concertiv, an operations focused consulting firm. He began his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse, covering banks and FinTech companies.

Taylor received his BA from Princeton University.

Ryan Phelan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Assets Team. In his role, he focuses on the operational performance of the real estate assets along with overseeing day-to-day tenant communications.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ryan was the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Asset Management at Logistics Property Company, focusing on developing and executing the strategic business plans of the real estate portfolio.  Prior to that, Ryan held finance and fund management roles with IndCor (a Blackstone portfolio company) and GLP US Management.

Ryan earned his MBA, with distinction, from DePaul University and holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Drew Phillips is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. He is also involved in numerous firmwide initiatives that leverage his broad operational, legal, and leadership experience.

Before joining Blue Owl, Drew was a Partner and the Chief Operating Officer of Atalaya Capital Management LP, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where he oversaw all non-investment functions at the firm. Prior to joining Atalaya, Drew co-founded Tiger Bay Advisors, a boutique asset management consultancy. Previously, he ran the Fund and Client Legal Group at Bridgewater Associates and was the assistant General Counsel at The Rohatyn Group. He began his legal career at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.

He is currently on the Board of Directors of GOSO (Get Out and Stay Out), a New York based organization that partners with people impacted by arrest and incarceration to plan for successful reentry into society, Breakthrough New York, a tuition free, ten-year educational program focused on enabling motivated students from low-income backgrounds to graduate from college and pursue fulfilling careers, and the Children’s Cancer and Blood Foundation, where he has served as Board President.

Drew holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

Janine Phillips is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In her role she focuses business development and client service in Europe for the Institutional client base.

Before joining Blue Owl, Janine was a Director at Pollen Street Capital, a private equity and credit manager focused on financial and business services based in London. Prior to that, she was a Senior Marketer at Anavio Capital Partners, a Cross-Asset Event Driven Fund. Janine began her career as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in Emerging Market Fixed Income and thereafter as an Associate on the European Equity sales team.

Janine received her BSc in Accounting & Finance, from London School of Economics. She has also completed Level I of the CFA programme.

Marc Pillemer is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, Marc focuses on sourcing and underwriting minority equity investments and financing transactions and strategic initiatives across the GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Marc was a Managing Director at Blackstone where he had a senior role on the Investment Team of Blackstone's GP Stakes platform based in New York. In this role, his responsibilities included sourcing, negotiating, and executing transactions and managing relationships with partner GPs. Marc also led the GP Strategic Support Team, which provides strategic benefits to partner GPs. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co., advising alternative asset managers on M&A and capital raising transactions, and on strategic initiatives. Marc began his career serving in various roles in the Securities Division and the Investment Management Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Marc received his BCom in Actuarial Studies and Finance from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.