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Diana Bergman is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Credit Finance & Capital Markets 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.
Henry Bergman is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he focuses on providing legal advice and support across all three of Blue Owl’s platforms relating to fund finance, derivatives, securities offerings, and other forms of back leverage, and also assists in finance and derivative transactions for the firm.
Before joining Blue Owl, Henry was a finance associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
Henry received his JD from the University of Chicago Law School and holds a BA in English from Williams College.
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's Digital Infrastructure strategy. 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 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.
Saurabh Bhatia is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on strategically implementing solutions to enhance efficiency and automate processes within the financial applications suite.
Before joining Blue Owl, Saurabh served as a consultant specializing in financial applications, providing expertise in implementing ERP systems, business process optimization, and advising on best practices. Saurabh began his career as an applications engineer.
He holds an MBA, magna cum laude, from Kennesaw State University and holds a BS from DeVry University in Electronics Engineering.
Shawn Bhavsar is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Investor Operations Team. In his role, Shawn oversees the operations of funds within the Real Assets platform.
Before joining Blue Owl, Shawn was a Vice President at H/2 Capital Partners, where he was responsible for portfolio analytics and investment reporting. He also led fund modeling for H/2's Special Opportunities closed-end funds and contributed to various investor relations and financing initiatives. Prior to that, he was an Investment Reporting Analyst at Genworth Financial, supporting the Portfolio Management group.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Rutgers Business School and is currently a CFA charterholder.
Erik Bissonnette is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Erik is also Co-Head of Technology Investing and a member of the Technology Lending Investment Committee for Blue Owl Technology Credit Advisors. In his role, he oversees strategies with over $25 billion in AUM, focused on making debt and equity investments in established enterprise software and technology companies.
Prior to joining Blue Owl, Erik was a Managing Director and Head of Technology Leveraged Finance at Capital Source from 2009 to 2017. Preceding Capital Source, Erik was an investor at ABS Capital Partners, and worked in investment banking at Wachovia Securities and Bank of America Securities.
Erik received a BA in Economics with a double major in English from Wake Forest University.
Steve Blemker is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on leading the firm’s use and expansion of the Anaplan platform as well as other technology solutions to help drive business efficiency.
Before joining Blue Owl, Steve was a Partner at Alpha FMC a global consulting agency specializing in financial services. Prior to that, he was a Director at Vuealta, a global boutique consulting firm specializing in Anaplan implementations. Steve began his career as a financial / business analyst at Guggenheim Partners and Bank of New York Mellon.
Steve received his BA in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and also holds a master's degree in data science and analytics from the University of Chicago.
Felipe Boada is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he is primarily focused on corporate finance, capital markets, strategy, hedging, and valuations for the firm's Real Assets closed-end and open-ended funds.
Before joining Blue Owl, Felipe was an Executive Director at JP Morgan in their Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging group in NY. Prior to that, he held Investment Banking roles at Lazard in their Latam M&A group. Felipe began his career at Helm Investment Bank.
Felipe received a BA in Economics from Universidad De Los Andes and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Samuel Bolam is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting registered products across Blue Owl.
Before joining Blue Owl, Sam was an associate in the Asset Management Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where he provided legal and regulatory advice to registered investment companies and investment advisers.
Sam received his JD, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and holds a BA in Political Science from the Ohio State University.