Stephen Gardner

Mr. Gardner is a Managing Director in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on alternative credit, including asset-based finance (ABF) investments. Prior to joining Ares in 2019, Mr. Gardner was Assistant General Counsel, Securities and Investments at Northwestern Mutual, where he represented in-house investment advisers and focused on transactions in the project and structured finance space. Mr. Gardner began his career as a Corporate Finance Associate at Winston & Strawn LLP. Mr. Gardner holds a B.A. from Cornell University in Government and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.