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
Mark	Affolter	Partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Sports Media and Entertainment	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Mark	Affolter	Partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Sports Media and Entertainment	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Steven	Alexander	Partner	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Tara	Arens	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Jon	Blum	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Stephen	Chehi	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Pennsylvania
Paul	Cho	Chief Accounting Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Finance and Accounting	Los Angeles
Rajiv	Chudgar	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	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
Karen	De Castro	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Daniel	DiBona	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
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
Dan	Dirscherl	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Carl	Drake	Partner, Senior Advisor	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Investor Relations	Atlanta
Joseph	Ehardt	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Brooke	Epstein	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Adam	Ferrarini	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Vishal	Gandhi	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Brian	Goldman	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Director and Co-Chairman	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
James	Granello	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Bruce	Hodges	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Andrew	Hua	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Adam	James	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	Atlanta
Andrew	Kenzie	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Chicago
Brian	Kim	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Amy	Klemme	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Chicago
Scott	Lem	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Finance and Accounting	Los Angeles
Philip	LeRoy	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Brian	Moncrief	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Chicago
Bennett	Rosenthal	Co-Founder and Partner of Ares and Chairman of Ares Private Equity Group	Investment and Other Professionals	Private Equity	Los Angeles
Adam	Schatzow	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Damian	Sclafani	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Stephanie	Setyadi	Partner	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Michael	Smith	Director and Co-Chairman	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
Michael	Smith	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Michael	Smith	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
John	Stilmar	Partner, Co-Head of Public Markets Investor Relations	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Investor Relations	Atlanta
Matthew	Stoner	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Matthew	Tworecke	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Joe	Urciuoli	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Chris	York	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	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	—	-
Steven	McKeever	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Michael K.	Parks	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Eric B.	Siegel	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Angela	Lee	Vice President and Assistant Treasurer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Finance and Accounting	Los Angeles
Mary Beth	Henson	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	—	-
Jana	Markowicz	Chief Operating Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Investor Relations	New York
Joshua	Bloomstein	Vice President; General Counsel and Secretary	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Legal and Compliance	New York
Ian	Fitzgerald	Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel, Credit	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Legal and Compliance	New York
Lisa	Morgan	Chief Compliance Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Legal and Compliance	Washington D.C.
Naseem	Sagati Aghili	Vice President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Legal and Compliance	Los Angeles
Jim	Miller	President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	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
Kort	Schnabel	Chief Executive Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	Los Angeles
Kort	Schnabel	Chief Executive Officer of Ares Capital Corporation; Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Kort	Schnabel	Chief Executive Officer of Ares Capital Corporation; Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	Los Angeles
Ryan	Brauns	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Ryan	Brauns	Partner	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
Neil	Laws	Partner	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	Los Angeles
Mark	Liggitt	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Mark	Liggitt	Partner	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Jason	Park	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Jason	Park	Partner	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	Los Angeles
Michael	Zugay	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Michael	Zugay	Partner	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	Los Angeles
Kipp	deVeer	Director, Executive Vice President	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Strategy	New York
Kipp	deVeer	Director, Executive Vice President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Strategy	New York
Kipp	deVeer	Director, Executive Vice President of Ares Capital Corporation; Director, Co-President of Ares	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Strategy	New York
Kipp	deVeer	Director, Executive Vice President of Ares Capital Corporation; Director, Co-President of Ares	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Strategy	New York
Douglas	Dieter, Dr.P.H.	Partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Ares Specialty Healthcare	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Joseph	Koerwer	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Scott	Rosen	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Aashish	Dhakad	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Juan	Arciniegas	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Florida
Michael	Arougheti	Director, Executive Vice President	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Strategy	New York
Michael	Arougheti	Director, Executive Vice President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Strategy	New York
Michael	Arougheti	Director, Executive Vice President of Ares Capital Corporation; Director, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer of Ares	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Strategy	New York
David	Dobies	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Boston
Tom	Gillis	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Boston
David	Kilpatrick	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Boston
Owen D.	Hill	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Dallas

Our Team

Our Philosophy