Secretary and Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Hooper serves as Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of Ares Capital. From July 2004 to March 2007, Ms. Hooper served as Treasurer of Ares Capital and as Vice President of Investor Relations of Ares Capital from July 2004 to May 2007. Ms. Hooper has been with Ares since its founding and is the Senior Vice President and Director of Investor Relations/Marketing for all Ares funds as well as a senior investment analyst in Ares’ Capital Markets Group. Prior to Ares, Ms. Hooper worked at Lion Advisors (an affiliate of Apollo Management L.P.) from 1991 to 1997 as a senior credit analyst participating in both portfolio management and strategy. From 1987 until 1991, Ms. Hooper was with Columbia Savings and Loan, most recently as Vice President in the Investment Management Division. Ms. Hooper serves on the executive and investment boards of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ms. Hooper graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a BA in Mathematics and received her MBA in Finance from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.

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