Jana Markowicz

Ms. Markowicz is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer for U.S. Direct Lending in the Ares Credit Group. She also serves as Chief Operating Officer of Ares Capital Corporation and Ares Strategic Income Fund. She may from time to time serve as an officer, director or principal of other entities affiliated with Ares Management or investment funds managed by Ares Management and its affiliates. Prior to joining Ares in 2005, Ms. Markowicz was an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group at Citigroup (formerly Salomon Smith Barney), where she focused on financings for companies across a broad range of industries. Ms. Markowicz holds a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in Engineering, with a concentration in Economic and Financial Systems.