Matt Stewart is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of BDC Strategy. In his role, he is responsible for strategy across Blue Owl's Business Development Companies (BDCs). Before joining Blue Owl, Matt was a Managing Director at Oaktree Capital for seven years and Chief Operating Officer of Oaktree’s BDCs since 2021. Before Oaktree's acquisition of the business, Matt was a vice president at Fifth Street Management. Matt began his career in restructuring as a senior associate at BDO Consulting before joining Knight Capital Group as a vice president. He became a director in the leveraged finance business of Stifel Nicolaus following their acquisition of Knight Capital’s fixed income business.

Matt received a BBA. in Finance and a BS in Accountancy from Villanova University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and CFA charterholder.

Nicole Strange is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Human Resources Team. In her role, Nicole serves as the Head of HR for Institutional Capital.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Nicole was a Senior HR Business Partner at Bloomberg covering Financial Solutions. Prior to that, she was a Vice President in HR at Goldman Sachs where she was a Senior HR Business Partner covering Wealth Management, and earlier Global Markets, Operations, and Technology. Nicole started her career working in Financial Aid at Boston University School of Law and Columbia University.

Nicole received her B.A. in International Relations and M.Ed. in Higher Education Policy, Planning, and Administration from Boston University.

Matthew Straut is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he focuses on building and executing a strategy to grow Blue Owl's presence with the RIA & Family Office Channels.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Matt was Chief Revenue Officer and a member of the Executive Leadership team at Clearnomics, an industry-leading financial technology platform. Prior to joining Clearnomics, he was Chief Distribution Officer at EQIS Capital Management and also ran MAAC Solutions, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to the wealth and asset management industries. 

Prior to founding MAAC, Matt was Senior Vice President and Head of the Registered Investment Advisor and Personal Investing businesses at OppenheimerFunds. He joined Oppenheimer in 2014 to lead the effort to expand and strengthen OppenheimerFunds’ industry presence in the RIA, Multi Family Office, and Personal Investing Platforms channels.

Matt has more than 30 years of experience in sales, sales management, and business management roles in the asset management industry. He has a BS in Marketing from Providence College and has earned the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) designation.

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

Dennis Talley is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on investments in broadly syndicated non-investment grade leveraged loans.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dennis was Co-head of the performing leveraged loan business at Littlejohn & Co., a middle-market private equity fund based in Greenwich. Prior to that, he was a founding member and Portfolio Manager at Redan Park Asset Management and Doral Leveraged Asset Management. Dennis began his career, in the leveraged finance group at Bear, Stearns & Co. and in the leveraged finance, syndicated finance and corporate credit groups at Bank of America Securities.

Dennis received his BS in Finance and Economics, with honors, from the University of Maryland.