Jean Joseph is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Jean is also a Portfolio Manager and a member of the First Lien Investment Committee. In his role, he focuses on direct lending to middle-market companies.

Before joining Blue Owl in 2018, Jean was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co. where he was Portfolio Manager in its Investment Management Division responsible for the management of the division’s leveraged loan strategies. Prior to that, Jean was a member Goldman Sachs’ Leveraged Finance Group within the Investment Banking Division. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Jean was a member of the Wells Fargo Securities Leveraged Finance department and began his career as a credit analyst at GE Capital and Atherton Capital with a focus on middle market lending.

Jean received an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, where he attended as a Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Fellow. Jean also received a BBA from the University of Notre Dame where he captained the Varsity Men’s Soccer Team and was a recipient of the Francis Patrick O’Connor Award. Jean is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society.

Ally Kaden is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Ally leads the Operational Advisory practice which provides operational, and technology related best practice consulting and thought leadership to GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ally was a Vice President in the Alternative Investments and Manager Selection team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she was a senior member of the Operational Due Diligence team. In this role, Ally was responsible for evaluating the operational infrastructure and regulatory compliance programs of private equity and hedge funds on the platform. Ally began her career on the Goldman Sachs Asset Management Compliance team, providing compliance advisory services to internal portfolio management teams.

Ally received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Liz Kahl is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In her role, she focuses on institutional client relationship management.

Before joining Blue Owl, Elizabeth was a partner at Brigade Capital, a below investment grade global asset management firm based in New York. Prior to that, she was Director of Finance at American Express. Elizabeth began her career as an accountant at Deloitte and Touche.

Previously, Elizabeth served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for Sacred Heart Academy.

Elizabeth received her BS in Accounting from Fairfield University.

Shabbir Karim is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the firm’s Direct Lending Private Credit business.

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2022, Shabbir was a Vice President at Strategic Value Partners, where he served as a Controller in the Fund Accounting Group and was responsible for the accounting and reporting for various alternative investment funds. Prior to that, Shabbir was a Senior Manager at PwC, where he worked within the Financial Services practice specializing in audits of alternative investment funds.

Shabbir received a BS, cum laude, in Accounting from the University of Connecticut and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Connecticut.

Mike Katz is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the credit platform's corporate finance and strategy initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mike was a Vice President at Silver Point Capital. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Sixth Street. Mike began his career as at PwC as an Associate on the valuation and transaction services team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mike received his BS in Finance from Tulane University

Brendan Kelly is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In his role, Brendan serves as Head of the Corporate Strategy & M&A team, where he supports GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers on mergers and acquisitions, new product development, and other strategic growth initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, he was a Partner at White Oak Equity Partners, where he led origination and execution of GP stakes investments. Prior to White Oak, Brendan was an Equity Partner and Vice President at Berkshire Global. Before Berkshire Global, he was a member of the New Investments Team at Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). Brendan began his career at Lehman Brothers in the Investment Management Division.

Brendan received a BA from Middlebury College with a focus in Economics. He also received an MBA with a focus in Finance and Accounting from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with honors as a Palmer Scholar. Brendan currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Far Brook School in Short Hills, NJ.

William Kelly is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on finance and operations for Blue Owl's GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, William was a Senior Vice President within the PE Finance GP Reporting group at Neuberger Berman. William began his career as a fund accountant at State Street.

William received his MBA in Management and a BS in Accounting from St. Thomas Aquinas College.

Dan Khouri is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is focused on asset-based investments in specialty finance and fintech.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dan was a Managing Director at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he was a Partner and led US Credit at Pollen Street Capital, an alternative asset manager based in London. Preceding that, Dan was Co-Head of Private Credit at Colchis Capital and worked in Private Credit at D.B. Zwirn & Co., TTM Capital and White Oak Global Advisors. Dan began his career as an Analyst in the Capital Markets Division at Citigroup.

Dan received his BA in Economics and BSE in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Krishna Kilambi is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he leads the Real Assets corporate finance team across all closed-end and open-ended funds and is primarily focused on corporate finance, capital markets, strategy, hedging, and valuations.

Before joining Blue Owl, Krishna was a Director within the real estate investment banking group at Mizuho and an Associate Director within the real estate investment banking group at Scotiabank. Prior to that, Krishna was a Director at KPMG providing real estate advisory services. Krishna began his career at UBS investment bank in the real estate investment banking.

Krishna received a BS in Engineering from NIT Warangal in India and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Andrew Kim is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on leading the investment, underwriting and monitoring activities across the Industrials and Consumer & Retail sectors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Andrew was a Senior Associate at The Carlyle Group. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Oaktree Capital Management. Andrew began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Jefferies & Company.

Andrew received his BSc in Commerce and Economics from the University of Virginia.