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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 Capital 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 (NYSE: OBDC), Blue Owl Capital Corporation II and Blue Owl Credit Income Corporation (OCIC).  In his role, he is responsible for day-to-day management as well as strategic oversight of the credit selection and portfolio management process.

Prior to joining Blue Owl Capital, Logan was a Co-Founder and Partner at Brinley Partners, a private credit asset manager. Previously, Logan had an 18-year career at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he most recently was a Managing Director and Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance Capital Markets.  During his time at Goldman, he was responsible for capital commitment structuring, risk management and distribution for 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 responsible for all M&A activity.

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

Ankur Nigam
Managing Director
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Ankur Nigam
Ankur Nigam
Managing Director
Greenwich

Ankur Nigam is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Credit Finance & Capital Markets Team. He is responsible for managing, structuring, negotiating, and executing the Credit platform’s private bank financings, CLO warehouse financings, as well as other asset backed financings. He is also involved in strategic financial planning for the Credit platform. 

Before joining Blue Owl in 2019, Ankur was Senior Vice President at H/2 Capital Partners responsible for debt/equity capital markets and portfolio management modeling. 

Ankur received a BA in Accounting from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Accounting from the University of Hartford.

Chris Nilan
Managing Director
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Chris Nilan
Chris Nilan
Managing Director
Chicago

Chris Nilan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Net Lease Investment Team. In this role, Chris is responsible for the origination, evaluation, and execution of investments for Blue Owl's Real Assets platform.

Chris has spent 15+ years in various investing and financial roles. Prior to joining Blue Owl, Chris spent over a decade working for Sam Zell at Equity Group Investments and numerous related portfolio companies. In that role he originated and monitored private and public equity investments and served on the boards of portfolio companies. Chris also worked as an investment banker at Bank of America in the leverage finance division.

Chris received a BS in Finance from Wake Forest University.

Keitaro Nishiyama
Principal
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Keitaro Nishiyama
Keitaro Nishiyama
Principal
Tokyo

Keitaro Nishiyama is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on fundraising covering Japanese private wealth investors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Keitaro was at PGIM Japan, focused on fundraising mainly covering pension clients. Prior to that, he was a relationship manager at BlackRock, responsible for delivering technology solutions (Aladdin) to clients. Keitaro began his career at Nomura Asset Management.

He earned bachelor of economics degree from the University of Tokyo.

Mark Nixdorf
Managing Director
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Mark Nixdorf
Mark Nixdorf
Managing Director
New York

Mark Nixdorf is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he focuses on providing legal counsel in connection with the firm’s investments, fund formation, and strategic transactions.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mark was a Vice President and Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was responsible for covering alternative investment strategies including private credit, renewable power, and growth equity. He also advised Goldman Sachs Asset Management on strategic acquisitions. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Allen & Overy LLP and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Mark began his career as a Senior Associate at KPMG LLP.

Mark received his JD from Brooklyn Law School and holds a BS in Accounting from Tulane University.

Jim Noll
Principal
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Jim Noll
Jim Noll
Principal
Short Hills

Jim Noll is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on accounting and reporting for alternative credit funds.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jim was an Assistant Controller at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, Jim was an Accounting Manager at SEI, a fund administrator where he focused on private credit funds.

Jim received a BS in Accounting from the University of Scranton.

Moises Numa
Principal
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Moises Numa
Moises Numa
Principal
Chicago

Moises Numa is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Net Lease Investment Team. In his role, Moises is responsible for the origination, evaluation, and execution of investments for Blue Owl's Real Assets platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Moises was a Growth Equity Investor at Jump Capital and a Private Equity Associate at MPE Partners. He also held roles as an Investment Banking Analyst at William Blair and Senior Analyst at Analysis Group.

Moises received a BS in Business Administration and an MS in Accounting from Babson College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Seyong O
Principal
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Seyong O
Seyong O
Principal
New York

Seyong O is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. Seyong O is a Principal at Blue Owl and a member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations team. In this role, Seyong focuses on investment accounting and technical accounting for Alternative Credit funds.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Seyong was a Director at Obra Capital, where he led financial reporting and accounting policy initiatives across complex investment structures. Before that, he served as Vice President at Waterfall Asset Management, specializing in business combination accounting, CECL analysis, and valuation of acquired assets across real estate and structured credit portfolios. He began his career at Deloitte, where he led audits for investment funds and broker-dealers.

Seyong holds both M.S. and B.B.A. degrees in Accountancy from Baruch College, graduating summa cum laude. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York.

Antonia O'Connor
Managing Director
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Antonia O'Connor
Antonia O'Connor
Managing Director
London

Antonia O'Connor is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. Based in London, she serves as a Credit Product Specialist working closely with the regional Institutional Capital teams, helping to support and enhance their sales efforts and maximize asset raise and servicing across the Diversified Lending, First Lien, Technology and Opportunistic strategies.  

Before joining Blue Owl, Antonia worked at Magnetar for 10 years, where she led the EMEA Business Development and Investor Relations group.  Prior to Magnetar, she was Co-Head of Hedge Funds, Senior Investment Manager and Head of Fixed Income & Credit within the Investment solutions division of Aberdeen Asset Management, serving as the portfolio manager for the flagship Fund of Funds.  She joined Aberdeen through the acquisition of RBS Asset Management in 2010, where she served in similar roles. Antonia began her career at Coutts & Co. on the Alternative Investments team.   

Antonia holds a BSc (1st Class Honours) from University College London (UCL).