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Our Team

Our culture of collaboration sets us apart

Teamwork, communication and transparency are our core values.

At Ares Wealth Management Solutions (AWMS), our goal is to forge long-term partnerships with advisors and their clients by listening, understanding and supporting their long-term investment goals. Our team of private markets specialists work hand in hand with advisors to help them determine the role that private markets can play in their clients’ portfolios.

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First Name	Last Name	Corporate Title	Category	Business Line	Location

Employees
First Name	Last Name	Corporate Title	catname	Business Line	Location
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
Steven	Alexander	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Tara	Arens	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
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
Michael	Bedore	Principal	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Joshua	Bloomstein	Vice President; General Counsel and Secretary	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Legal	New York
Jon	Blum	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Ryan	Brauns	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
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
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
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
Daniel	DiBona	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Dan	Dirscherl	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	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
Joseph	Ehardt	Principal	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Brooke	Epstein	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Joan	Fang	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Infrastructure Debt	New York
Adam	Ferrarini	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Ian	Fitzgerald	Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel, Credit	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Legal	New York
Vishal	Gandhi	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Brian	Goldman	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
James	Granello	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Kara	Herskowitz	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Investor Relations	New York
Owen D.	Hill	Managing Director	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Dallas
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
Mary	Jurgensen	Principal	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Daniel	Katz	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
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	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Chicago
Miriam	Krieger	Vice President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Compliance	Washington D.C.
Neil	Laws	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Scott C.	Lem	Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President 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
Mark	Liggitt	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Jana	Markowicz	Partner, Chief Operating Officer	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
Arjun	Misra	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Brian	Moncrief	Managing Director	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Chicago
Lisa	Morgan	Chief Compliance Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Compliance	Washington D.C.
Peter	Ogilvie	Partner, Head of the Ares Corporate Strategy Group	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Strategy	New York
Jason	Park	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Penni	Roll	Chief Financial Officer	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Finance and Accounting	Washington D.C.
Naseem	Sagati Aghili	Vice President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Legal	Los Angeles
Adam	Schatzow	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	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
Dave	Schwartz	Partner, Head of Credit, Secondaries	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Secondaries	New York
Dave	Schwartz	Partner, Head of Credit, Secondaries	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Secondaries	New York
Damian	Sclafani	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Stephanie	Setyadi	Managing Director	Ivy Hill Asset Management Professionals	Credit - Ivy Hill	New York
Craig	Shirey	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Molly	Shulman	Principal	Investment and Other Professionals	Investor Relations	New York
Michael	Smith	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
Michael	Smith	Partner, Co-Head of Credit Group	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Michael	Smith	Partner, Co-Head of Credit Group	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
John	Stilmar	Managing Director	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Investor Relations	Atlanta
Matthew	Stoner	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Los Angeles
Chrissy	Lamont Svejnar	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Secondaries	New York
Matthew	Tworecke	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Joe	Urciuoli	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	New York
Nick	Walters	Managing Director	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Chris	York	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Michael	Zugay	Partner	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	Los Angeles
Ann Torre	Bates	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Director	-
Daniel G.	Kelly, Jr.	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Director	-
Steve	McKeever	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Director	-
Michael K.	Parks	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Director	-
Rob	Rosen	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Director	-
Eric B.	Siegel	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Director	-
Mary Beth	Henson	Director	Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation	Director	-
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
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
Mike	Roth	Partner	Investment and Other Professionals	Infrastructure Opportunities	New York
Joshua	Bellet	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Infrastructure Opportunities	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Co-President	Officers of Ares Capital Corporation	Credit	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Partner, Co-Head of Credit Group	Partners and Other Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management	Credit	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Partner, Co-Head of Credit Group	Ares Credit Group's U.S. Direct Lending Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Stephen	Chehi	Managing Director	Investment and Other Professionals	Credit	Pennsylvania

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Please read the applicable Ares Real Estate Income Trust ("REIT") or Fund Prospectus prior to making any investment decision and consider carefully the REIT’s or Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information described therein. A copy of the REIT and Fund Prospectuses, which contain this and other information about the REIT or Fund, must be made available to you in connection with any offering of the Shares. Click here to view the REIT and Fund Prospectuses. The REIT and Funds prospectuses does not constitute an offer to sell securities, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy their Shares in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

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Investments in the Ares Private Markets Fund or Ares REITs are not suitable for all investors. Investing in shares of the Fund or REITs involves a high degree of risk, including the risk that payment of distributions is uncertain and cannot be guaranteed, the risk that an investment is not liquid, and the risk that stockholders may lose the entire amount of their investment. Please review the AREIT Summary Risk Factors and the Prospectus, AIREIT Summary Risk Factors and the Prospectus, and the APMF Summary Risk Factors and the Prospectus, for a complete list of the risks associated with Ares Private Markets Fund and REIT investments.

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