Thomas Pellowe is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on building the distribution syndicate and maximizing private wealth relationships for Blue Owl.

Before joining Blue Owl, he was Managing Director, Head of Strategic Accounts at Black Creek Group. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Director of National Accounts at INVESCO. Tom began his career an Investment Analyst at State Street.

Tom received his BS In Economics and Finance from Bentley University.

Rich Peperone is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In his role, he focused on developing partnerships with institutional investors for Blue Owl with a focus on our GP Strategic Capital platform. Prior to his current role, Rich was a senior member of the Business Services Platform within the GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Rich was Head of Business Development for North America at LIM Advisors, LLC, an Asia-based alternative investment firm. Prior to that, he was the first Director of Marketing and Investor Relations at Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners, LLC and was Vice President of Marketing and Investor Relations at Andor Capital Management. Rich began his career at Lazard, where he worked with both institutional and family office clients in the asset management division. 

Rich received his BS in Finance from Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management.

Isabel Pereira is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In her role, she focuses on the compliance review of marketing and communications materials across the firm.

Prior to joining Owl Rock, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Credit platform, in 2020, Isabel was a Director and Head of the Registered Principal team for UBS Global Wealth Management, and previously Assistant Vice President and Registered Principal for Morgan Stanley’s Communication Review Group, a predecessor firm of Smith Barney. Prior to Smith Barney-Morgan Stanley succession, she worked as the Operations Manager for the Citigold Unit of Citigroup. Isabel began her career as a Branch Manager for Continental Federal Credit Union.

Isabel received her AAS in Business Management from Union County College.

Kaja Pergar is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Insurance Solutions Investment Team. In her role, she is responsible for product development and organic growth opportunities for Blue Owl’s insurance strategies.

Prior to this role, she was responsible for designing and implementing a climate strategy for Blue Owl.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kaja was a Principal at Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm, advising companies on business strategy, risk management and climate issues across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Kaja received a master’s degree in Physics from University College London (UCL).

JD Perone is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he is focused on operational risk management across the Blue Owl direct lending platform, with a particular concentration on deal closing and loan administration.

Before joining Blue Owl, JD was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, a global investment bank based in New York, where he supported the Leveraged Finance and Structured Credit businesses across multiple risk management functions including Product Control and Middle Office.

JD received a BS in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude, from Rutgers University.

Matt Perone is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Information Technology Team. In his role, he is responsible for leading data science for Blue Owl Real Assets.

Before joining Blue Owl, Matt served as the Head of Data Science at Oak Street Real Estate Capital, the predecessor to Blue Owl’s Real Assets platform. He began his career as a Quantitative Researcher at Citadel, later founding Helix Partners, a global quantitative hedge fund. After leading Helix, Matt returned to Citadel as a Senior Quantitative Researcher before joining Blue Owl.

Matt attended Harvard, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Financial Economics, and a master's degree in Applied Mathematics, specializing in Decision and Control Theory.

Sana Petersen is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Credit Investment Team. In her role, she focuses on commercial real estate asset management which includes annual, quarterly, and monthly financial reporting of all commercial real estate investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Sana was a Managing Director at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Prior to that, she was a Director at Citigroup in Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets & Warehouse Lending. Sana has also held roles at CWCapital, GMAC Commercial Mortgage and Deloitte.

Sana received her MBA in Finance from Cornell University and holds a BBA, magna cum laude, in Accounting from Georgia State University.

Matt Petrucci is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. Based in New York, he is a Fund Controller in the Direct Lending Private Credit Business.

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2018, Matt was a Senior Fund Accountant at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, where he worked in the Private Commingled Fund Accounting Group and was responsible for the accounting and reporting for various Alternative Investment Funds and CLOs. Prior to that, Matt worked within the Financial Services practice of PwC where he specialized in audits of alternative investment funds.

Matt received a MS in Accounting from Binghamton University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Taylor Petty is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Corporate Operations & Strategy Team. In his role, he focuses on procurement, risk management, and strategic operational initiatives.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Taylor was a consultant at Concertiv, an operations focused consulting firm. He began his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse, covering banks and FinTech companies.

Taylor received his BA from Princeton University.

Ryan Phelan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Assets Team. In his role, he focuses on the operational performance of the real estate assets along with overseeing day-to-day tenant communications.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ryan was the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Asset Management at Logistics Property Company, focusing on developing and executing the strategic business plans of the real estate portfolio.  Prior to that, Ryan held finance and fund management roles with IndCor (a Blackstone portfolio company) and GLP US Management.

Ryan earned his MBA, with distinction, from DePaul University and holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.