
Mr. Haviland is a Senior Advisor in the Ares Secondaries Group. He also serves as a member of the Ares Secondaries Group's Private Equity, Infrastructure and Real Estate Investment Committees. Prior to joining Ares in 2021, he was President and Managing Partner of Landmark Partners, where he directed Landmark's strategic planning and investment activities. Mr. Haviland played a key role in Landmark's first acquisition of a private equity portfolio and the subsequent expansion into additional investment classes. Under his leadership, the Firm expanded its secondary market activities and developed its next generation and opportunity fund of funds private equity strategies. Previously, Mr. Haviland was a Senior Accountant with Rusconi, Cahill & Larkin, a regional public accounting firm, where he focused on financial services companies. Mr. Haviland holds a B.S. from the University of Connecticut in Accounting and an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.