Our team
Executive Officers
Directory
Marina Grafel is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she is responsible for overseeing funds reporting, with a focus on Blue Owl BDCs.
Before joining Blue Owl, she was Senior Controller and Director of External Reporting at Sculptor Capital Management Inc., where she led the external reporting function overseeing SEC and other regulatory filings. She started her career in the assurance practice with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York.
She received a Master of Accounting and a Bachelor of Business Administration, with a concentration in Accounting, from The Ohio State University. She is a licensed CPA in the state of New York.
Chris Graham is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on the firm’s real estate lending business and serves on multiple investment committees across the platform. In addition to real estate direct lending, Chris helps guide trading and investment activities in real estate-related securities, including CMBS, RMBS, and corporate real estate debt.
Prior to joining Blue Owl, Chris was part of Blackstone’s Real Estate Securities Group, where he directed investment strategies for the firm’s insurance platform. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Goldman Sachs within the Real Estate Financing Group of the Investment Banking Division.
Chris earned a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Villanova University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Ethan Gregerson is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he serves as the fund controller on ONLP and OREF VII where he is responsible for accounting and finance functions for the Real Assets' funds.
Before joining Blue Owl, Ethan was a fund controller at Oak Street Real Estate Capital, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Real Asset platform, focusing on the firm's open-end fund. Prior to that, he was an audit manager at RSM US LLP, a public accounting firm specializing in middle market companies.
Ethan received a BS in Accounting from Butler University and is a CPA in Illinois.
Alicia Gregory is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. Previously, Alicia was Deputy CIO at Future Fund, Australia's sovereign wealth fund, where she was responsible for all asset classes.
Alicia holds a BBus from UTS Sydney, is a CFA Charterholder and a Graduate from Australian Institute of Company Directors. Alicia was previously a Director of Tilt Renewables, Australia's largest renewable energy project, Chair of Australian Investment Council and Investment Committee Member for Fairfax Foundation.
Brant Gresham is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In his role, he leads our team that focuses on advising and partnering with institutional investors across the western half of North America, and also serves as the Executive Sponsor of VALOR, Blue Owl's Veterans ERG.
Before joining Blue Owl, Brant was a Senior Vice President within PIMCO’s institutional client group. Prior to that, he was an officer and F/A-18 pilot in the United States Navy. Brant also recently served on the board of Working Wardrobes, a leading non-profit focused on workforce development.
Brant received an MBA with concentrations in Analytic Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he graduated with honors and was awarded the David W. Fox Fellowship. He also earned a BA in Government from Georgetown University, where he graduated with honors. Brant is a CFA charterholder.
Cara Griffiths is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In her role, she has responsibility for coverage of alternative asset management firms and GPSC’s client relationships across Europe and Southeast Asia and is a member of the investment committee. Additionally, she leads a team that develops proprietary market-related analysis and content, as well as focusing on strategic projects relating to public capital market activity. Cara is based in London.
Before joining Blue Owl, Cara was a Managing Director at Bank of America, where she was a strategic equity adviser to Dyal Capital, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's GP Strategic Capital platform. She began her career in the UK corporate finance team at Investec Bank.
Cara received her BA Hons in Modern History and Politics from Oxford University.
Deanne Grimaldi is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Deanne is part of the Capital Strategy practice providing fundraising advisory and client development support to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers. She is responsible for managing relationships with US institutional investors on the East Coast and in Canada.
Before joining Blue Owl, Deanne was a Vice President and Client Advisor in the Client Solutions Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she serviced and developed strategic corporate pension, public pension, and not-for-profit relationships across North America.
Deanne received a BS in Finance with a minor in Economics, summa cum laude, from Fordham University.
Bobby Groat is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on investments in broadly syndicated loans and non-investment grade credit within the Healthcare sector.
Before joining Blue Owl, Bobby was a Director at Barclays Capital in New York. Prior to that, he was a Senior Research Analyst with Symphony Asset Management, a subsidiary of Nuveen & TIAA-CREF, where he also focused on investments in non-investment grade credit. Bobby began his career at Jefferies as a non-publishing credit research analyst.
Bobby received his BA in Economics and BA in German from the University of Michigan.
Stacy Gulich is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on overseeing the accounting and reporting of the firm’s carry participant vehicles.
Before joining Blue Owl, Stacy was a Vice President of Finance at PGIM Inc., a global asset manager and division of Prudential Financial Inc., where she provided strategic support and managed the forecasting, budgeting and financial reporting activities of PGIM Private Capital and PGIM Real Estate. Stacy began her career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen.
Stacy received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Washington University and holds a CPA license.
Nav Gupta is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he primarily focuses on managing stressed portfolio investments.
Before joining Blue Owl, Nav was a Vice President in the Asset Management division of Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Medley Management Inc., a credit-focused asset management firm. Nav began his career as an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
Nav received his JD from Harvard University and holds a BBA and BA, summa cum laude, in Finance and Political Science, respectively, from Emory University.