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Doug Ostrover
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Marc Lipschultz
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Alan Kirshenbaum
Chief Financial Officer
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Andrew Polland
Chief Operating Officer
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Sean Ward
Senior Managing Director
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Dermot Murphy
Managing Director
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Dermot Murphy
Dermot Murphy
Managing Director
New York

Dermot Murphy is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. Before joining Blue Owl, Dermot was a Managing Director at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he was a Co-Founder and Partner of TTM Capital, LLC, an investment firm focused on acquiring and lending against portfolios of financial and other assets, where he was responsible for Asset Management and Operations. Previously, Dermot worked at Highbridge/Zwirn Capital Management as a Vice President with oversight of all asset management functions for the Assets group where he managed credit reporting and credit administration and led the workout management for “problem” assets for the Assets Group. Prior to Highbridge/Zwirn Capital Management, he was at Hudson Castle Group (formerly IBEX Capital Markets), an independent structured finance advisory company specializing in the management of asset-backed lending vehicles where he was responsible for all aspects of conduit operations, treasury and credit administration for five asset backed commercial paper conduits with commitments in excess of $8 billion.

Dermot holds a B.Comm in Accounting and an MBS, both from University College Dublin, Ireland, and is a CFA charterholder.

Yoichi Nakamura
Head of Private Wealth Japan
Yoichi Nakamura
Head of Private Wealth Japan
Tokyo

Yoichi Nakamura is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Private Wealth Japan. In his role, Yoichi leads a team to build Blue Owl's private wealth business in Japan.

Yoichi has over 25 years of experience in asset management and private wealth. Prior to joining Blue Owl, Yoichi was CEO of Algebris Investments in Japan, where he established the Tokyo office, obtained the license, built the team, and developed the business. Prior to that, he was in charge of business development at Fidelity International Limited Japan, where he was responsible for large distributors and the private wealth channel. He has also held various positions at other asset management companies.

Yoichi received his MS in International Business and Finance from the University of Reading and a BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dhruv Narain
Head of Insurance
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Dhruv Narain
Dhruv Narain
Head of Insurance
New York

Dhruv Narain is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Insurance. In his role, he focuses on leading the firm’s insurance efforts as well as the firm’s investments in the specialty finance businesses Amergin and Fifth Season.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dhruv ran a consulting business. Prior to that, Dhruv was the Chief Investment Officer for the asset management subsidiary of a life and annuity reinsurance company and the Portfolio Manager, Special Situations for Catlin, a London based property and casualty insurance company. Previously, Dhruv was the Co-Head of the Distressed Finance Business at Goldman Sachs, a Managing Director in the Distressed Finance Group at Credit Suisse/Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette as well as a Director in the Leveraged Finance Group at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce/Oppenheimer & Co. Dhruv began his career as an Associate in the Leveraged Finance Group at Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Dhruv received an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester and holds a BA from Panjab University in India.

Dominic Nardone
Principal
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Dominic Nardone
Dominic Nardone
Principal
New York

Dominic Nardone is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, executing, and managing investments, primarily within asset-based opportunities in the consumer, commercial, and aviation verticals.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dominic was a Principal at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where he was a senior member of the Financial Asset investment team. Dominic began his career at New York Life Investors where he focused on asset-based opportunities.

Dominic graduated magna cum laude from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University, with a BS in Finance, minor in Economics, and dual concentrations in Value Investing and Alternative Investments. Dominic is a CFA Charterholder.

Craig Nelson
Principal
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Craig Nelson
Craig Nelson
Principal
Texas

Craig Nelson is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on bringing his 20 years of alternative asset class experience to provide education and support for family offices and wealth management teams throughout Texas and surrounding states.

Before joining Blue Owl, Craig was a Senior Vice President at Northstar Securities, where he focused on real estate credit and healthcare strategies. Prior to that, he was a Regional Vice President at Provasi Capital Partners, spearheading the launch of multiple real estate strategies as well as CLO credit offerings. Craig began his career as an investment banker at MSG, Inc and in Financial Planning at Wells Fargo Advisors.  
  
Craig received a BS in Accounting with a concentration in Finance from University of Colorado at Boulder. He maintains Series 7 & 63 registrations.  

Elvan Ng
Principal
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Elvan Ng
Elvan Ng
Principal
Singapore

Elvan Ng is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on developing and growing Blue Owl’s client presence and asset base through the private wealth management channel in APAC.

Before joining Blue Owl, Elvan was a Global Investment Specialist at JPMorgan Private Bank, where he was responsible for providing advisory and discretionary solutions across asset classes to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices in Southeast Asia. Prior to JPMorgan Private Bank, he spent seven years at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management where he provided holistic wealth management solutions to clients and led business development initiatives in Singapore and Indonesia.

Elvan graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Business Administration (First Class Honors).

Rita Ng
Managing Director
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Rita Ng
Rita Ng
Managing Director
Hong Kong

Rita Ng is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Rita is a 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 institutional investors, private wealth management platforms, family offices and consultants in Asia Pacific.

Before joining Blue Owl, Rita was a Principal at Park Hill Group, where she was the key member of Hedge Funds & Private Credit Distribution Team in Asia. Prior to that, she served as an investment professional at GCM Grosvenor’s Private Markets Investment Team. Previously, she worked in Leveraged and Acquisition Finance Team at Natixis. Rita completed her certified public accountant practice at Deloitte Corporate Finance and Ernst & Young.

Rita received a BBA in Accounting from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where she graduated with high honors, and an MBA from The University of Manchester with Merit. She is fluent in Mandarin and native in Cantonese.

Julie Ngai
Principal
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Julie Ngai
Julie Ngai
Principal
New York

Julie Ngai is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on supporting the credit platform’s corporate finance and strategy initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, Julie was a Vice President at Owl Rock Capital Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Credit platform. Prior to that, she was an Associate at Apax Partners, a private equity firm based in London and New York. Julie began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Julie received her BS in Finance from Tulane University.

Kevin Nicholas
Managing Director
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Kevin Nicholas
Kevin Nicholas
Managing Director
New York

Kevin Nicholas is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he is focused on business development and client management for insurance companies and financial institutions in the US and Bermuda.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kevin was a Managing Director at Invesco Ltd. where he was responsible for the firm’s U.S. insurance asset management efforts. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was responsible for new business development and client service for US life, property and casualty, health and reinsurance general account investors. Kevin began his career in asset management at AllianceBernstein, LP where he held various sales and client servicing roles within the firm’s New York and Philadelphia offices.

Kevin earned an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA as well as a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD.

Logan Nicholson
Senior Managing Director
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Logan Nicholson
Logan Nicholson
Senior Managing Director
New York

Logan Nicholson is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Logan is a member of the Diversified Lending Investment Committee and President of Blue Owl Capital Corporation, Blue Owl Capital Corporation II, and Blue Owl Credit Income Corp., and Portfolio Manager for certain funds in Blue Owl’s Diversified Lending strategy, including Blue Owl Capital Corporation, Blue Owl Capital Corporation II, and Blue Owl Credit Income Corp.  In his role, he is responsible for the day-to-day management and strategic oversight of the credit selection and portfolio management process across the funds he covers.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Logan was a Co-Founder and Partner at Brinley Partners, a startup private credit asset manager. Previously, Logan spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was most recently a Managing Director and Head of US Leveraged Finance Capital Markets. During his time at Goldman Sachs, he was responsible for structuring, risk management and distribution of capital commitments for both Leveraged Loans and High Yield bonds, and he was also appointed as a member of the LSTA Board of Directors. Additionally, Logan spent a year in a leadership role at healthcare firm Humana Inc., where he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and responsible for all M&A activity.

Logan earned a BS in Systems Engineering with a double major in Economics from the University of Virginia.