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Doug Ostrover
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Financial Officer
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Andrew Polland
Chief Operating Officer
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Senior Managing Director
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Directory

Angelo Bello
Managing Director
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Angelo Bello
Angelo Bello
Managing Director
New York

Angelo Bello is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, Angelo serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the Institutional Business Development Team.

Before joining Blue Owl, Angelo was the Chief Administrative Officer of Business Development at GoldenTree Asset Management, a credit-focused asset manager based in New York. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in Fixed Income Strategy at Nomura Securities. Angelo began his career at Lehman Brothers, and later joined Barclays Capital as a Vice President in Capital Markets Strategy.

Angelo received a BBA in Finance with a minor in Mathematics from Pace University, where he graduated with high honors.

Emmanuel Bello
Principal
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Emmanuel Bello
Emmanuel Bello
Principal
New York

Emmanuel Bello is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on underwrting and executing credit investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Emmanuel was a Vice President at Owl Rock Capital Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Credit platform. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co in the firm's asset management division. Emmanuel began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at UBS Investment Bank.

Emmanuel received his BA in Economics, with distinction and highest honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jan Belote
Principal
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Jan Belote
Jan Belote
Principal
New York

Jan Belote is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Information Technology Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the technology needs of the firm’s Operations and Finance teams.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jan was a Director in the Institutional Client Technology department at Citibank. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President at Dun & Bradstreet, a provider of commercial and financial data, analytics, and insights for businesses.
Jan began his career as a Programmer Analyst at Morgan Stanley, where he rose through the ranks, becoming the Global Head of the Institutional Lending Technology team.

Jan attended CUNY – Brooklyn College, where he majored in Computer and Information Science.

Nathaniel Ben-David
Principal
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Nathaniel Ben-David
Nathaniel Ben-David
Principal
New York

Nathaniel Ben-David is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on sourcing, underwriting, executing, and managing investments, primarily within the residential mortgage and specialty finance industry.

Before joining Blue Owl, Nathaniel Ben-David was a Principal at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team, where he held a similar role. Prior to joining Atalaya Capital Management, he was a Vice President at Varadero Capital, where he focused on a broad range of private structured credit investments within specialty finance. Previously, Nathaniel was an Associate at Angelo Gordon on the Residential & Consumer Debt investment team and an Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Securitized Products Group where he primarily traded mortgage backed securities.

Nathaniel holds a BS in Finance with a concentration in Energy Economics from Tulane University, summa cum laude, and is a CFA charterholder.

Allison Benjamin
Principal
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Allison Benjamin
Allison Benjamin
Principal
New York

Allison Benjamin is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In her role, she focuses on providing legal counsel in connection with the firm’s investments and fund formation. 

Before joining Blue Owl, she was Senior Counsel at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team.  Prior to that, she was the General Counsel at Dorilton Capital Management, a private equity investment firm, where she was responsible for all of its mergers and acquisitions.  She also advised on a variety of corporate transactional matters at Locke Lord LLP.  Allison began her career as a corporate associate at Duane Morris LLP.

Allison received her JD from Brooklyn Law School and holds a BA in Political Science from Emory University.

Joe Berardelli
Head of Technology Infrastructure
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Joe Berardelli
Joe Berardelli
Head of Technology Infrastructure
New York

Joe Berardelli is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Technology Infrastructure. In his role, he is focused on managing and implementing all technology offerings for the firm.

Before joining Blue Owl, Joe was an Associate and Senior Systems Engineer at IA Interior Architects, a global design and architectural firm. Prior to that, he was an IT Manager at Babcock & Brown, an alternate investment and advisory firm.

Joe received a degree in Network Engineering from the Chubb Institute.

Marla Berger
Principal
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Marla Berger
Marla Berger
Principal
Chicago

Marla Berger is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In her role, she focuses on Blue Owl commercial real estate debt originations. She represents the team during the entire loan cycle.

Before joining Blue Owl, Marla was the Head of Legal for Commercial Mortgage Lending at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Before that, she was a Managing Director and Senior Vice President at GMAC Commercial Mortgage, the predecessor to Capmark Finance, Inc. Marla held several positions while there, including Head of Underwriting and Closing, COO of the company's Lending Group and Head of Client Relations and Portfolio Management. She began her career as an attorney at the New York law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood where she became an equity partner.

Marla earned her JD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and received her BS in Psychology, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Diana Bergman
Principal
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Diana Bergman
Diana Bergman
Principal
New York

Diana Bergman is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team. In her role, she is focused on arranging bilateral and syndicated lending facilities for Blue Owl's BDCs and Private Funds.

Before joining Blue Owl, Diana was a Vice President at Barclays where she helped launch the middle market CLO business. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Natixis where she was responsible for structuring CLO warehouses and transactions. Diana began her career as an analyst at Citigroup on the mortgage sales desk.

Diana received a BA in Economics and French with a concentration in Mathematics and Statistics from Amherst College.

Brad Berkley
Managing Director
Brad Berkley
Managing Director
Dallas

Brad Berkley is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he is focused on investment management, capital formation and other corporate initiatives. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Brad was the Chief Financial Officer of IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure. Prior to IPI Partners, Brad was the Chief Financial Officer of Artemis Real Estate Partners, a commercial real estate investment firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer (European Platform), Treasurer, and an acquisition Associate at JER Partners, which was a commercial real estate investment manager headquartered in Washington, D.C.  Brad began his career as an audit associate in public accounting with Aronson, Fetridge and Weigle (Washington, D.C.) and Arthur Andersen.

Brad received an MBA from the College of William and Mary and a BA from Washington and Jefferson College. He is based in our Dallas, TX office.

Dana Berschler
Principal
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Dana Berschler
Dana Berschler
Principal
Short Hills

Dana Berschler is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In her role, she focuses on providing Investment Compliance related coverage to Credit, GP Strategic Capital and Real Assets.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dana was a Vice President in the Corporate and Investment Banking group at Wells Fargo in New York. Prior to that, she was a Vice President and Senior Compliance Officer at Goldman Sachs & Co. Dana began her career as a Compliance Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Dana received her BA in History from Syracuse University.