Managing Director
Mr. Kilpatrick is a Managing Director in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on U.S. direct lending, specifically the lower middle market segment. Prior to joining Ares in 2024, Mr. Kilpatrick was a Co-Founder and Partner at Riverside Credit Solutions, the private credit strategy at The Riverside Company. Previously, he was a Director in the Leveraged Finance division of Citizens Financial Group, where he was responsible for underwriting, executing and managing senior secured debt facilities supporting private equity-backed companies as well as publicly traded businesses. In addition, Mr. Kilpatrick was a Director at NewStar Financial, Inc., a specialty finance company, where he originated and underwrote senior secured credit facilities for private equity-backed leverage buyouts, acquisitions and recapitalizations across a wide range of industries. Before NewStar, Mr. Kilpatrick held various roles at Citigroup, Bank of America and predecessor institutions (FleetBoston and Fleet Bank), where he focused on underwriting and executing senior debt financings in the sports and entertainment industry. Mr. Kilpatrick holds a B.A. from Harvard University with a concentration in Economics.