Jackie Palermo is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on accounting and operations for the Direct Lending Private Credit Business.

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2019, Jackie was an Assistant Vice President at Anchorage Capital Group, LLC., a distressed credit-focused investment advisor based in New York City. Prior to that, Jackie was a Senior Associate at KPMG LLP in the Audit - Investment Management Group.

Jackie received her MA in Mathematics and MS in Accounting from University of Albany and holds a BA, cum laude, in Mathematics with a concentration in Economics from Union College. Jackie is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Eric Pallone is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on underwriting investments in the industrial, chemical and telecom sectors. Before joining Blue Owl, Eric was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Eric began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Cohen & Company where he structured a variety of securitized products.

He received his BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Richmond and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Grant Palmer is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, Grant is a product specialist, focusing on Blue Owl’s Real Estate strategies. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Grant was an Associate Vice President at CIM Group, a real assets investment manager based in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he was an Associate at StepStone Group, a global private markets investment manager and consultant. Grant began his career as an Investment Associate at Glenmede Trust Company.
 
Grant received his BA in Finance from Cleveland State University.

Rahul Patel is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In his role, Rahul co-leads the Business Services Platform's EMEA team where he is responsible for the team’s overall efforts across EMEA. Rahul is also a member of the Capital Strategy practice providing fundraising advisory and client development support to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers. He is responsible for managing relationships with investors across Europe and the Middle East.

Before joining Blue Owl, Rahul was an Associate Director at Casey Quirk, an asset management focused management consulting firm based in Darien, CT. Prior to that, he began his career as a Business Analyst at Deloitte Consulting, in their Strategy and Operations Group.

Rahul received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Boston University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Thomas Pellowe is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on building the distribution syndicate and maximizing private wealth relationships for Blue Owl.

Before joining Blue Owl, he was Managing Director, Head of Strategic Accounts at Black Creek Group. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Director of National Accounts at INVESCO. Tom began his career an Investment Analyst at State Street.

Tom received his BS In Economics and Finance from Bentley University.

Rich Peperone is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he leads GP Strategic Capital Fundraising and Client Service in the US. Prior to his current role, Rich was a senior member of the Business Services Platform within the GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Rich was Head of Business Development for North America at LIM Advisors, LLC, an Asian based alternative investment firm. Prior to that, he was the first Director of Marketing and Investor Relations at Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners, LLC and was Vice President of Marketing and Investor Relations at Andor Capital Management. Rich began his career at Lazard, where he worked with both institutional and family office clients in the asset management division. 

Rich received his BS in Finance from Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management.

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 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.

Janine Phillips is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development 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 in 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 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.