Blue Owl Capital has bolstered its institutional workforce in Europe, because it seems to broaden its presence throughout the area.
The $174bn (£137.4bn) various asset supervisor has appointed Antonia O’Connor as a managing director and senior credit score product specialist on its institutional enterprise growth workforce. She joined this month and shall be based mostly in London, main the workforce accountable for overseeing Blue Owl’s personal credit score enterprise throughout EMEA.
She beforehand held the position of head of EMEA enterprise growth at Magnetar Monetary.
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Moreover, Johan Stromberg will be a part of Blue Owl’s London workforce subsequent month as a managing director, main institutional enterprise growth for the Nordics. He beforehand labored at Arcmont Asset Administration.
Different new hires embrace Antonis Maggoutas, who joined Blue Owl’s Frankfurt workplace in March to cowl the DACH area.
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Blue Owl additionally introduced that it has appointed Leo Houtekamer, who began this month to guide institutional enterprise growth efforts within the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
The workforce’s growth follows the appointment of Michael Burns as managing director and head of institutional enterprise growth throughout EMEA in Spring 2023.
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“Michael is constructing out a stellar workforce to cowl the extremely subtle and numerous European market,” stated James Clarke, international head of Blue Owl’s institutional enterprise.
“As Blue Owl continues to scale our international institutional footprint, we strategy every market with a concentrate on true partnership. We additionally guarantee these on the bottom are deeply educated and skilled within the distinctive wants and nuances of every market, totally understanding {that a} one measurement suits all strategy won’t work. We stay up for what the workforce can accomplish in Europe over the long-term.”
