Portfolio Manager

Mr. Moore is a Portfolio Manager in the Ares Capital Markets Group.  Mr. Moore is a Portfolio Manager of the Ares Special Situations Fund and functions as a Senior Investment Analyst in the Ares Capital Markets Group.  Mr. Moore serves as an Investment Committee member on all Ares U.S Credit Strategy/Capital Markets Funds. Prior to Ares, Mr. Moore was associated with Lion Advisors, L.P. (an affiliate of Apollo Management, L.P.) from 1992 to 1997 and worked as a senior credit analyst participating in both portfolio management and strategy. From 1990 until 1992, Mr. Moore was a Vice President in the Investment Management Division at the Executive Life Insurance Company of California (“ELIC”) where he had responsibility for portfolio risk credit analysis, and participated in analyzing and negotiating restructuring alternatives for troubled investments. Prior to joining ELIC, Mr. Moore was a Senior Manager with the public accounting firm of Deloitte and Touche where he specialised in credit review and risk analysis of various classes of investment assets.

Mr. Moore graduated with honors from St. Louis University with a BS in Business Administration.