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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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Directory

Matthew Spiro
Managing Director
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Matt Spiro
Matthew Spiro
Managing Director
New York

Matthew Spiro is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for sourcing, structuring and executing opportunistic credit investments across the Alternative Credit platform, including corporate debt/structured equity opportunities, litigation driven investments, and portfolio purchases. Additionally, Matt is responsible for various strategic initiatives across the Alternative Credit platform. He sits on the Investment Committee for several funds on the Alternative Credit platform, including the Special Opportunities Fund.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Matt was a Managing Director at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where held a similar role. Prior to this, he was an analyst with the Candlewood Investment Group LP and an executive director with JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management.

Matt received a BS with University Honors in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Lukas Spiss
Senior Managing Director
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Lukas Spiss
Lukas Spiss
Senior Managing Director
New York

Lukas Spiss is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he serves as the Co-Head of Origination and is responsible for deal origination and structuring as well as providing ongoing oversight of the portfolio.

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2016, Lukas spent almost ten years at Partners Group, where he focused on sourcing and underwriting credit investments in North America. From 2015 to 2016 he also served as member of Partners Group’s Private Debt Investment Committee. Prior to that, in 2006, he was an Analyst at Lehman Brothers’ Investment Banking Division in Switzerland.

Lukas received a Doctorate in Banking and Corporate Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and an MA (Hons) in International Business from the University of Edinburgh.

Alexa Stanley
Principal
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Alexa Stanley
Alexa Stanley
Principal
Greenwich

Alexa Stanley is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she is focused on public investor engagement for Blue Owl's Business Development Companies (BDCs).

Before joining Blue Owl, Alexa was a Vice President in the Equity Capital Markets Group at RBC Capital Markets, covering the Energy and Power & Utilities sectors.

Alexa received a BA in Economics with a double major in Hispanic Studies from Davidson College, where she graduated with honors.

Barbara Stevens
Principal
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Barbara Stevens
Barbara Stevens
Principal
Short Hills

Barbara Stevens is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In her role, she focuses on enterprise vendor contracting, data privacy and security, technology, corporate real estate and intellectual property across Blue Owl’s global affiliates.

Before joining Blue Owl, Barbara was a Vice President and Corporate Counsel at Prudential Financial. Prior to that, she was an Associate General Counsel at MetLife and an Assistant General Counsel at UBS.

Barbara received her JD from NYU School of Law. She also holds an MS in Adult Healthcare Management and a BSN from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

Johan Stromberg
Managing Director
Johan Stromberg
Managing Director
London

Johan Stromberg is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on building the firm’s footprint and asset base in the Nordic region for the Institutional Business Development team.

Before joining Blue Owl, Johan was Head of Business Development, Nordics at Arcmont Asset Management, a leading European Direct Lending firm. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Bank of New York Investment Management and CEO of the Swedish Branch. Johan began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at HSBC.

Johan received his MSc in Financial Economics from the University of Lund in Sweden.

Bharath Subramanian
Managing Director
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Bharath Subramanian
Bharath Subramanian
Managing Director
New York

Bharath Subramanian is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role he is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, executing, and managing asset and equity investments in financial services businesses.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Bharath was at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, Bharath was a senior investment professional at Bayview Asset Management focused on private equity and special situations investing, and was an initial senior hire to support the firm's expanded mandate.  Previously, he was a Partner at Capital Z Partners where he completed multiple financial services private equity transactions across the US, UK, and Bermuda and served on the Board of several portfolio companies.  He began his career as an Investment Banker in the FIG team at HSBC Securities.

He holds a BA in Economics, summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University

Lauren Sullivan
Managing Director
Lauren Sullivan
Managing Director
Chicago

Lauren Sullivan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In her role, she is responsible for overseeing STACK Americas' data center portfolio, including capital deployment, construction, asset management and monetizations. Lauren is also a Board Member of STACK Infrastructure.

Before joining Blue Owl, Lauren was a Managing Director at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Chicago Pacific Founders, a healthcare-focused private equity fund based in Chicago. Before joining Chicago Pacific Founders, Lauren was an Associate at Sterling Partners, a multi-strategy private equity fund where she spent some of her time focused on investments in the data center sector. Lauren began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Lauren received her BBA in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame.

Sean Sullivan
Managing Director
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Sean Sullivan
Sean Sullivan
Managing Director
Chicago

Sean Sullivan is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Net Lease Investment Team. In his role, Sean is a member of the Investment Committee and focuses on sourcing and structuring net lease investments. Sean also contributes to due diligence and capital markets efforts. 
 
Before joining Blue Owl Sean was a Vice President at Piper Sandler. Prior to that he was an Associate at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, an investment bank focused on providing M&A and capital markets advisory to companies that operate in the financial services sector.  
 
Sean received a BS in Business Administration from Babson College as well as a master's degree in Real Estate from Georgetown University.

Matt Swatt
Managing Director
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Matt Swatt
Matt Swatt
Managing Director
Greenwich

Matt Swatt is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, Matt serves as the Co-Chief Accounting Officer of OBDC II, OCIC and OTIC, and as Co-Treasurer and Co-Controller of each of the Blue Owl Business Development Committees (BDCs). Mr. Swatt is also a Managing Director of Blue Owl Capital Inc.

Prior to joining Owl Rock Capital Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Credit platform, in May 2016, Matt was an Assistant Controller at Guggenheim Partners in their Private Credit group, where he was responsible for the finance, accounting, and financial reporting functions. Preceding that role, Matt worked within the Financial Services – Alternative Investments practice of PwC where he specialized in financial reporting, fair valuation of illiquid investments and structured products, internal controls and other technical accounting matters pertaining to alternative investment advisors, hedge funds, business development companies and private equity funds. 

Matt received a BS in Accounting from the University of Maryland and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Matthew Talbot
Principal
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Matthew Talbot
Matthew Talbot
Principal
New York

Matthew Talbot is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on strategic initiatives across the GP Strategic Capital platform and the ongoing monitoring and valuation of its partner manager investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Matt was a Senior Associate in EY’s Financial Services Office, focusing on private equity and hedge fund sponsors.

Matt received his MBA from Fordham University and holds a BA in Economics and Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross.