David A. Sachs is a Partner and Vice Chair of Ares Management Corporation ( Ares ) and co-founder of the firm. He serves as a Director and Chairman of the Board of Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc., Trustee and Chair of CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund and Trustee of the Ares Private Markets Fund. Additionally, Mr. Sachs also serves as a member of the Ares Real Estate Global and Real Estate Debt Investment Committees, the Ares Private Equity Group's Energy Opportunities, Extended Value, and Asia Investment Committees. Mr. Sachs was Ares first portfolio manager and headed up Ares first investment activities as Head and Co-Head of the Ares Capital Markets Group (now Liquid Credit) until early 2009. Since 2009, Mr. Sachs has assisted the Ares Corporate Strategy Group with numerous strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Ares, Mr. Sachs was a Principal of Onyx Partners, Inc., where he focused on merchant banking and related capital raising activities in the private equity and mezzanine debt markets. Previously, he also worked with Taylor & Co., an investment manager providing investment advisory and consulting services. Mr. Sachs is on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, as well as various advisory committees at its Kellogg School of Management and McCormick Engineering School.