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Chief Operating Officer
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Directory

Meenal Mehta
Senior Managing Director
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Meenal Mehta
Meenal Mehta
Senior Managing Director
New York

Meenal Mehta is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Meenal is also a member of the Diversified Lending Investment Committee. In her role as Co-Head of Underwriting, she oversees the day-to-day underwriting of diversified investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Meenal was a Managing Director at Antares Capital, a direct lender to middle market firms based in New York. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at GE Capital. Meenal began her career as a Manager at L&T Finance Limited, Mumbai India in the Treasury Group.

Meenal received a BS in Commerce and Economics from Sydenham College, Mumbai University, a MS in Management Studies with a specialization in Finance from NMIMS, Mumbai University and an MBA from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.

Stella Mei
Principal
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Stella Mei
Stella Mei
Principal
Hong Kong

Stella Mei is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In her role, she is focused on covering institutional investors in the Greater China and Southeast Asia region.

Before joining Blue Owl, Stella was a Vice President at General Atlantic and was responsible for fundraising activities across Asia ex-Korea. Prior to that, she was an Associate at Blackstone in its Investor Relations and Business Development team focusing on Greater China and Southeast Asia investors. Stella began her career as an Investment Analyst at Hamilton Lane in the Fund Investment team.

Stella received a BS in Commerce and Mathematics from the University of Virginia. She obtained her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Matt Merrill
Principal
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Matt Merrill
Matt Merrill
Principal
Georgia

Matt Merrill is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on maintaining and establishing strategic relationships with financial advisors and wealth management teams throughout the Southeast with primary concentration on Wirehouse platforms.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Matt held Regional Vice President roles at Guggenheim Investments, CION Securities, and Wells Capital. Matt also founded Merrill Interests, a real estate operating and management company.

Matt earned a BBA from the University of Georgia, and an MBA from Georgia State University in Atlanta with a focus in Finance and Real Estate. Matt maintains Series 7 and 63 registrations.

Joe Miata
Managing Director
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Joe Miata
Joe Miata
Managing Director
New York

Joe Miata is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on finance and operations for the GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Joe was a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a multinational accounting and advisory firm based in New York, providing assurance services to clients in the alternative investments industry.

Joe received his BS in Accounting from Villanova University and is a licensed CPA in the State of New York.

T. Michael Johnson
Managing Director
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T. Michael
T. Michael Johnson
Managing Director
New York

T. Michael Johnson is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the firm's marketing initiatives and fundraising for the firm's Real Assets strategies.

Before joining Blue Owl, T. Michael was a Managing Director at CIFC Asset Management. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Carlyle Global Credit, Senior Managing Director at Pretium Partners, Managing Director at Paulson & Co., and Director at Citi Private Equity. T. Michael began his career as an investment banker at Citi Corporate and Investment Banking and an attorney at Anderson Kill & Olick.

T. Michael received his MBA from Harvard Business School, JD from the University of Michigan Law School, and BA in Political Science, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Boston College.

Laura Michel
Principal
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Laura Michel
Laura Michel
Principal
Chicago

Laura Michel is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on accounting and financial reporting for Blue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Trust.

Before joining Blue Owl, Laura was a Senior Manager in Audit at KPMG, where she worked with clients in the asset management and real estate industries.

Laura received a BBA in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.

Wendy Milacci
Principal
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Wendy Milacci
Wendy Milacci
Principal
Short Hills

Wendy Milacci is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she supports the liquid credit strategy and focuses on the day-to-day operations of the broadly syndicated loan investments. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Wendy was a Senior Vice President at Par-Four Investment Management and was responsible for all aspects of the operations function for the CLO’s.  She began her career at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) working as a mutual fund accountant before transitioning to the Portfolio Administration group concentrating on the bank loan mutual funds and CLO’s and lastly as a bank loan and high yield bond trader for the Global High Yield Bond and Bank Debt Group. 

Wendy received her BS in Accounting and Finance from DeSales University (FKA as Allentown College of St Francis de Sales).

Steve Miller
Managing Director
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Steve Miller
Steve Miller
Managing Director
Short Hills

Steve Miller is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, Steve is responsible for growing Blue Owl's current and future strategic relationships.

From 2009 to 2020, Steve was a Vice President and Head of Platform and Private Fund Strategy in the alternative investment strategies group at Goldman Sachs. He had responsibility for sales, marketing, and support for the alternative investments offered by the firm through third part intermediaries such as banks, trust companies, broker dealers, and registered investment advisors. Prior to that, Steve was Managing Director at Deutsche Asset Management from 2002 to 2009, where he headed distribution of privately placed alternative investments.

Steve graduated from Colgate University with a BA in Economics and a minor in English.

Andy Millikin
Principal
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Andy Millikin
Andy Millikin
Principal
Arizona

Andy Millikin is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he works closely with field executives and centers of influence at Blue Owl's largest Private Wealth partners, providing education and insights on private markets and alternative investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Andy was a Director on the iShares team at BlackRock.  Prior to that, he was a Regional Director at Dimensional Fund Advisors and a Senior Internal Sales Executive at Vanguard. 

Andy received his MBA from the University of Texas and holds a BS, summa cum laude, in Finance from Arizona State University. 

Brian Moore
Principal
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Brian Moore
Brian Moore
Principal
San Francisco

Brian Moore is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on evaluating and structuring asset-based financing transactions for borrowers in the financial services sector.

Before joining Blue Owl, he was an Investment Professional at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Brian began his career in investment banking at Deutsche Bank, where he worked on the Leveraged Finance team.

Brian received his BSE in Operations Research and Financial Engineering, with a minor in Environmental Studies, from Princeton University.