Our Philosophy

Ares Management Corporation's ("Ares") philosophy of offering our clients diversified investment solutions is made possible by our devoted team of investment and business professionals. Each of Ares’ investment platforms is led by a dedicated group of senior investment professionals. In addition to serving in their primary discipline, some of our professionals participate on the investment committees of and/or have responsibilities with our other investment teams. This practice ensures a consistent approach to asset management while promoting the sharing of ideas, knowledge and networks across all of our investment platforms.

First Name	Last Name	Corporate Title	Category	Business Line	Location

Employees
First Name	Last Name	Corporate Title	catname	Business Line	Location
Michael	Smith	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
Michael	Smith	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Income Fund	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Michael	Smith	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Income Fund	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Kort	Schnabel	Co-President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	Los Angeles
Kort	Schnabel	Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Kort	Schnabel	Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	Los Angeles
Mitch	Goldstein	Co-President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Income Fund	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Income Fund	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Michael	Zugay	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Daniel	Katz	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Jim	Miller	Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Jim	Miller	Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Neil	Laws	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Brian	Kim	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Michael	Dieber	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Michael	Dieber	Partner	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Mark	Affolter	Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Chicago
Mark	Affolter	Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	Chicago
Shelly	Cleary	Partner, President and Head of Ivy Hill Asset Management, L.P.	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Stephanie	Setyadi	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Karen	De Castro	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Kipp	deVeer	Director, Chief Executive Officer of Ares Capital Corporation & Director, Partner, Head of Ares Credit Group	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
Kipp	deVeer	Director, Chief Executive Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
Kipp	deVeer	Director, Chief Executive Officer of Ares Capital Corporation & Director, Partner, Head of Ares Credit Group	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Kipp	deVeer	Director, Chief Executive Officer of Ares Capital Corporation & Director, Partner, Head of Ares Credit Group	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Brian	Goldman	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Chrissy	Lamont Svejnar	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Secondaries	New York
Dave	Schwartz	Partner, Head of Credit, Secondaries	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Secondaries	New York
Jon	Blum	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Damian	Sclafani	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Steven	Alexander	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Michael	Bedore	Principal	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Adam	James	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	Atlanta
Adam	Ferrarini	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Damayra	Cacho	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Investor Relations	New York
Jason	Park	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Daniel	DiBona	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Philip	LeRoy	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Matthew	Stoner	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Scott C.	Lem	Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President and Treasurer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Finance and Accounting	Los Angeles
Joshua	Bloomstein	Vice President; General Counsel and Secretary	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Legal	New York
Naseem	Sagati Aghili	Vice President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Legal	Los Angeles
Miriam	Krieger	Vice President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Compliance	Washington D.C.
Penni	Roll	Chief Financial Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Finance and Accounting	Washington D.C.
Ian	Fitzgerald	Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel, Credit	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Legal	New York
Bennett	Rosenthal	Co-Chairman of Ares Capital Corporation; Co-Founder and Partner of Ares and Chairman of Ares Private Equity Group	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Private Equity	Los Angeles
Joseph	Ehardt	Principal	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Mary	Jurgensen	Principal	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Secondaries	New York
Carl	Drake	Partner, Head of Public Markets Investor Relations and Corporate Communications	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Investor Relations	Atlanta
Jana	Markowicz	Chief Operating Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
John	Stilmar	Managing Director	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Investor Relations	Atlanta
Peter	Ogilvie	Partner, Head of the Ares Corporate Strategy Group	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Strategy	New York
Michael	Arougheti	Co-Chairman and Executive Vice President of Ares Capital Corporation; Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ares	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Strategy	New York
Michael	Arougheti	Co-Chairman and Executive Vice President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Strategy	New York
Michael	Arougheti	Director, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ares	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Strategy	New York
Michael	Arougheti	Director, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ares	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Strategy	New York
Chris	York	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Ryan	Brauns	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Adam	Schatzow	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Andrew	Hua	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Mark	Liggitt	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Bruce	Hodges	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Kara	Herskowitz	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Investor Relations	New York
Lisa	Morgan	Chief Compliance Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Compliance	Washington D.C.
Joe	Urciuoli	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Andrew	Chen	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Rajiv	Chudgar	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Chicago
Mike	Roth	Partner	Investment and Other Professionals	Infrastructure Opportunities	New York
Craig	Shirey	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Matthew	Tworecke	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
James	Granello	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Brooke	Epstein	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Vishal	Gandhi	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Arjun	Misra	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Amy	Klemme	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Chicago
Joshua	Bellet	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Infrastructure Opportunities	New York
Tara	Arens	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Owen D.	Hill	Managing Director	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Dallas
Brian	Moncrief	Managing Director	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Chicago
Joan	Fang	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Infrastructure Debt	New York
Andrew	Kenzie	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Chicago
Stephen	Chehi	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Pennsylvania
Dan	Dirscherl	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Ann Torre	Bates	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Daniel G.	Kelly, Jr.	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Eric B.	Siegel	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Mary Beth	Henson	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Michael K.	Parks	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Rob	Rosen	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Steve	McKeever	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-

Our Team

Our Philosophy