Mr. Hirshorn is a Partner in the Ares Private Equity Group, where he focuses on portfolio management. Mr. Hirshorn serves as a member of the Ares Private Equity Group’s Corporate Opportunities, Energy Opportunities, and Extended Value Investment Committees. Additionally, Mr. Hirshorn serves on the Ares Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. Previously, Mr. Hirshorn served as an Operating Advisor for Ares from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining Ares in 2009, Mr. Hirshorn was the President of Potbelly Sandwich Works. Previously, he was Senior Executive Vice President of Finance, Operations, Research and Development for Sealy Mattress Corporation. In addition, he was a Vice President in the Portfolio Group at Bain Capital, where he focused on providing operating leadership to a number of its retail and consumer products businesses, was a Manager at Bain & Company, and worked at Procter & Gamble, where he focused on product development. Mr. Hirshorn currently serves on the Board of Directors of Duly Health and Care (f/k/a DuPage Medical Group), CoolSys, Resource Label Group, TricorBraun and Vmo Aircraft Leasing. Mr. Hirshorn holds a B.S. from Cornell University in Chemical Engineering and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.