Mr. Margolies is a Partner in the Ares Credit Group. Mr. Margolies serves as a member of the Ares Credit Group's Alternative Credit and Opportunistic Credit Investment Committees and is on the Board of Directors of the Ares Charitable Foundation. Prior to joining Ares in 2009, Mr. Margolies served as a Managing Director and Global Head of Leveraged Finance and Capital Commitments at Merrill Lynch & Co. and was a member of the Executive Committee for Merrill Lynch's Global Investment Banking Group. Previously, Mr. Margolies was Co-Head of the DB Capital Mezzanine Fund. Mr. Margolies serves on the Board of Directors for the International Organization for Women and Development and the Advisory Council for University of Michigan's Life Science Institute. Mr. Margolies holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan in International Economics and Finance and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.