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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 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 & private market strategies in the Mountain Territory. He also has prior experience as a Director/Sales Executive for Vanguard & WisdomTree, covering the Mountain & Southwest region.
He received a Master of Business Administration in Business Administration/Management from the University of Dallas and a Bachelor of Arts 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.
Dan Hickey is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the firm's investor relations and capital raising initiatives.
Before joining Blue Owl, Dan was a Managing Director and Investment Committee Member at Oakmont Capital Management where he advised on the firm’s portfolio design and implementation of private investments. Prior to Oakmont Capital, Dan spent over 20 years as a Director at BlackRock focused on providing a wide range of public and private investment solutions to financial advisors and their clients. Dan holds several industry designations including Certified Investment Analyst (CIMA®), Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®), and Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA™). Dan is also certified by the CAIA Association in Private Debt and Real Estate.
Dan received an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business and holds a BSBA from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
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 Tom also serves as Chief of Staff for the Insurance Solutions platform, where he is responsible for coordinating the investment and strategic / corporate development efforts of the platform.
Prior to his current role, he was a member of the Direct Lending Investment Team focusing on investments in the financial services sector. Prior to joining Blue Owl, Tom was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the Financial Institutions and Leveraged Finance groups. He began his career at Deloitte, working across both audit and consulting engagements for financial services clients.
Tom received an MBA from the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management and a BBA from Loyola University Maryland.
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.
Leo Houtekamer is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In his role, he represents Blue Owl to investors in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
Before joining Blue Owl, Leo was a Managing Director at ICG for over 10 years. He started his career at JP Morgan, where he worked in Credit & Rates Sales and Asset Management.
He has a master's degree in Banking & Finance from Free University Amsterdam.
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.