Ares

Our Team

Leadership Professionals

Ares Capital Management LLC, a subsidiary of Ares Management LLC, manages the assets of Ares Capital and consists of an experienced team of professionals with a diverse set of backgrounds. Our team members have experience in corporate credit, investment banking, investment management, and principal investing, with a particular expertise in leveraged finance, private debt and equity, as well as credit investing.

The professionals are responsible for investment origination, transaction execution, portfolio management and investment realization. As referenced in the biographies of the individuals listed below, "Ares Capital" refers to Ares Capital Corporation, "Ares" refers to Ares Management LLC, "Ares Capital Management" refers to Ares Capital Management LLC, and "Ares Partners" refers to Ares Partners Management Company LLC, which indirectly controls Ares and Ares Capital Management.

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Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation
First Name Last Name Title
Michael Arougheti President; Director
Ann Bates Director
Kenneth Heitz Director
Frank O'Bryan Director
Gregory Penske Director
Antony Ressler Director
Robert Rosen Director
Bennett Rosenthal Chairman of the Board; Director
Eric Siegel Director
 
Officers of Ares Capital Corporation
First Name Last Name Title
Michael Arougheti President; Director
Joshua Bloomstein Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Richard Davis Treasurer
Miriam Krieger Chief Compliance Officer
Scott Lem Assistant Treasurer
Daniel Nguyen Vice President
Penni Roll Chief Financial Officer
Michael Weiner Vice President
 
Partners of Ares Capital Management
First Name Last Name Title
Michael Arougheti President and Director of Ares Capital; Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group and Member of the Investment Committee of Ares Capital Europe Limited
Eric Beckman Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group
R. Kipp deVeer Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group
Mitchell Goldstein Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group
Michael Smith Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group
 
Investment Committee of Ares Capital Management
First Name Last Name Title
Michael Arougheti President and Director of Ares Capital; Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group and Member of the Investment Committee of Ares Capital Europe Limited
Eric Beckman Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group
R. Kipp deVeer Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group; Director and Member of the Investment Committee of Ares Capital Europe Limited
Mitchell Goldstein Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group
John Kissick Senior Partner of Ares Private Equity Group
Bennett Rosenthal Chairman of the Board of Ares Capital; Senior Partner of Ares Private Equity Group
David Sachs Senior Advisor to Ares Capital Markets Group and Member of the Investment Committee of Ares Capital Europe Limited
Michael Smith Senior Partner of Ares Private Debt Group
 
Officers and/or Senior Professionals of Ares Capital Management
First Name Last Name Title
Mark Affolter Managing Director
Paul Colatrella Managing Director
Tina DelDonna Managing Director
Michael Dieber Managing Director
Carl Drake SVP of Finance/Head of Capital Markets and IR
Libby Goodwin Vice President of Tax
Frank Izzo Managing Director
Daniel Katz Managing Director
Scott Lem Chief Accounting Officer
Timothy Lower Managing Director
Jim Miller Managing Director
Brian O'Connor Managing Director
Kort Schnabel Managing Director
David Schwartz Managing Director
Raymond Wright SVP and Chief Administrative Officer

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