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Vin Cataldo is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Tax. Vin is a member of the firm’s Operating Committee and serves as Vice President of Blue Owl Capital Inc., the Blue Owl Advisers, BDCs and Blue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Trust.
Prior to joining Owl Rock in 2018, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Credit platform, Vin was a Director in the Banking & Capital Markets team at PwC, where he specialized in tax consulting, structuring, compliance and reporting services. During his tenure at PwC from 2014 to 2016, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group in PwC’s Washington National Tax Services practice in Washington, D.C., specializing in partnership taxation and the Up-C structure. Preceding those roles, Vin was a Lead Senior Accountant and Assistant Fund Controller at the Capital Group in 2011, after beginning his career with PwC in 2007.
Vin received a BS in Accounting, magna cum laude, and a MS in Taxation from Fordham University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Christy Chan is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In her role, she focuses on supporting the firm’s Private Wealth business development in Asia.
Before joining Blue Owl, Christy was a Director at Value Partners. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Neuberger Berman's Financial Institutions business development based in Hong Kong. She also gained her private banking experience at Standard Chartered Bank, National Australia Bank and Merrill Lynch. Christy began her career as a Financial Services Officer at HSBC.
Christy received her BA in Economics from the University of New South Wales.

Ray Chan is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role as co-head of the Financial Assets team within Alternative Credit, he is jointly responsible for the team's efforts in specialty finance.
Before joining Blue Owl, Ray was a Partner at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where he co-founded the Financial Assets Team and co-led the firm's efforts in specialty finance. Ray also sat on the firm's Executive Committee, Risk Committee, DEI Steering Committee and the Investment Committees for multiple funds. Prior to joining Atalaya, Ray was a Partner and Co-Founder of TTM Capital, LLC, an investment firm focused on acquiring and lending against portfolios of financial and other assets. Previously, he was a Managing Director and co-head of the Assets Group at Highbridge/Zwirn Capital Management. Earlier in his career, Ray was a member of the Principal Transactions and Principal Finance teams at Lehman Brothers and the Asset-Backed Securities Group at Salomon Brothers. He began his career as a consultant at Price Waterhouse, followed by internal consulting and operations roles at Lehman Brothers.
Ray is a member of the Board of Directors for Apex for Youth, a nonprofit providing mentoring, education, and after-school services to underserved Asian and immigrant youth.
Ray received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.

Joe Check is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Net Lease Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on capital markets, arranging all of the financing needs of the firm and managing relationships with the lending community.
Before joining Blue Owl, Joe was Head of US Capital Markets at Heitman. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in the Real Estate Merchant Banking Group at Wells Fargo.
Joe received a BS in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Jack Chen is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he focuses on legal and structural aspects of investments in private asset-backed securities and asset based finance transactions.
Before joining Blue Owl, Jack was Head of Structured Credit-Legal at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Prior to that, he supported MetLife Investment Management's fixed income legal team, focusing primarily on private asset-backed securities transactions.
Jack received his BA from Columbia College, Columbia University and his JD from Fordham University Law School.
Dane Chodos is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on acquisitions, development, and managing customer relationships.
Before joining Blue Owl, Dane was a Vice President at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Digital Realty (DLR), a real estate investment trust that owns and operates data centers globally, where he focused on portfolio management. Dane began his career as an Associate at Barrington Capital.
Dane received his BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Nick Chong is a Principal 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 within the technology and software sectors.
Before joining Blue Owl, Nick was a Senior Credit Analyst at Littlejohn & Co., a middle-market private equity fund based in Greenwich, CT. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Golub Capital on the Direct Lending team in Chicago. Prior to that, Nick was a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance Group at RBC Capital Markets. Nick began his career at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in its Leveraged Finance Group.
Nick received his BA in Government from Cornell University.

Notae Chong is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on the financial reporting function, which includes SEC and management reporting.
Before joining Blue Owl, he served as a Director in Finance at Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (Annaly), where his responsibilities included oversight of financial reporting, corporate accounting and financial controls functions. At Annaly, he also served as the Head of Inclusion, where he focused on efforts to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. Prior to Annaly, he served in a number of senior roles at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Stifel Financial Corp., including Senior Vice President, Director of SEC Reporting and Accounting Policy, and financial controllership roles. He began his career at Deloitte LLP and provided assurance and advisory services to clients in the financial services industry, including alternative asset managers, publicly traded business development companies and private real estate entities.
Notae graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Accounting.
Julio Cifuentes is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Investment Grade Private Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for supporting the management and implementation of the firm’s investment grade corporate credit strategies.
Prior to joining Blue Owl, Julio was a member of the Corporate Credit team at Rimrock Capital Management, where he focused on sourcing and evaluating credit opportunities for investment across the healthcare, consumer cyclical, aerospace, and media sectors. Julio also previously held credit underwriting positions at Bardin Hill Investment Partners and Highland Capital Management. He began his career in Frankfurt, Germany as an analyst with a fund affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management.
Julio holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Ryan Clark is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. Ryan has 17 years of asset management experience and oversees the business development and client service effort for Blue Owl’s investment consultant relationships.
Prior to joining Blue Owl, Ryan worked for PIMCO, Octagon Credit Investors, and BlackRock.
Ryan serves as a Trustee of the College Men’s Club of Westfield, which provides scholarships to promising and deserving graduates from Westfield High School in New Jersey.
Ryan graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Economics. He is a CFA Charterholder.