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	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Income Fund	Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Mitch	Goldstein	Partner, Co-Head of Ares Credit Group & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Income Fund	Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Ryan S.	Cascade	Partner, Head of Ares Commercial Finance	Investment Committee	Credit	Tarrytown
Michael	Dieber	Partner, Co-Head of Portfolio Management, U.S. Direct Lending	Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Joseph	Ciciola	Managing Director	Underwriting	Commercial Finance Operations	Tarrytown
Daniel	Reilly	Managing Director	Underwriting	Commercial Finance Operations	Tarrytown
Oleh	Szczupak	Managing Director	Investment Committee	Commercial Finance Operations	Tarrytown
Gina	Cammarata Ogburn	Managing Director	Underwriting	Commercial Finance Operations	Atlanta
Hector	Molina	Managing Director	Underwriting	Commercial Finance Operations	Atlanta
Brock	Johnson	Managing Director	Underwriting	Commercial Finance Operations	Atlanta
Lawrence	Chua	Managing Director	Origination	Commercial Finance Operations	Tarrytown
Victor	Verazain	Managing Director	Underwriting	Commercial Finance Operations	Michigan
Sridharan	Kannan	Managing Director	Origination	Credit	New York
Bryan	Rozum	Managing Director	Origination	Credit	Chicago
Ryan	Magee	Partner	Investment Committee	Commercial Finance Operations	South Carolina
Ryan	Magee	Partner	Underwriting	Commercial Finance Operations	South Carolina
Nicholas	McDearis	Managing Director	Origination	Credit	Atlanta
John	Nooney	Partner	Investment Committee	Credit	Atlanta
Mitchell	Drucker	Partner	Investment Committee	Credit	New York
Kristen	Guisbond	Managing Director	Origination	Credit	New York

Our Team

Our Philosophy