Lauren Thomas

Ms. Thomas is a Principal in the Ares Investor Relations Group, where she focuses on credit product management and investor relations. Prior to joining Ares in 2013, Ms. Thomas was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Barclays, where she focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, initial public offerings and debt and equity financings across various industries. Ms. Thomas holds a B.A., cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in Human and Organizational Development and Spanish.