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Managing Director
Mr. Benveniste is a Managing Director within Ares Wealth Management Solutions, which oversees Ares' client management activities in the global wealth channel. Prior to joining Ares in 2023, Mr. Benveniste was the Lead Senior Investment Specialist at Macquarie Group for Macquarie fixed income in Australia, where he managed a team of investment and product specialists, which covered private wealth and institutional investors. Previously, Mr. Benveniste was the Lead Loan Trader at Société Générale, where he focused on investing across the full range of private debt instruments including leverage loans, project finance and emerging markets debt in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Benveniste holds an M.M. and an M.Sc. from EDHEC Business School in Finance.