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Joel Holsinger, Partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Alternative Credit, Ares Credit Group | Mr. Holsinger serves as a member of the Ares Credit Group's Alternative Credit Executive Committee, the Alternative Credit and Pathfinder Investment Committees and the Ares Secondaries Group's Private Equity Investment Committee. Additionally, Mr. Holsinger serves on the Ares Operating Committee and is Co-Chair of the Ares Charitable Foundation. Prior to joining Ares in 2019, Mr. Holsinger was a Partner in the Credit Group at Fortress Investment Group, where he served on the Management Committee of Fortress and the Investment Committee for the Credit Funds. He also co-headed Illiquid Credit, which included leading the Direct Lending, Structured Equity, Net Lease, Structured Finance and Energy Groups at Fortress and focused on tactical and opportunistic direct investments across all asset classes, industries and geographies. Previously, Mr. Holsinger was a Founding Partner of Atalaya Capital Management, where he co-headed the investment committee.

Additionally, Mr. Holsinger held prior positions within financial services at Navigant Consulting, American Commercial Capital (subsequently acquired by Wells Fargo) and Citigroup. He currently serves on a number of corporate boards and advisory groups. Mr. Holsinger is also active in a number of charities, with a particular focus on global health and education, which includes serving on the board of directors of PATH Global Health. Mr. Holsinger holds a B.A. from California State Fullerton in Business Management and Administration, with an emphasis in Finance.  

Scott Brown, CFA, Senior Vice President, and Head of Corporates, Voya Investment Management | Scott Brown is the head of corporates for the private credit team at Voya Investment Management with 28 years of industry experience and 4 years at Voya. His team is responsible for underwriting, negotiating, and managing private credit investments. Prior to joining Voya, Scott was an underwriter and credit manager in the private placement group at Unum Group, where he underwrote and managed investments and issuer relationships across a variety of sectors and geographies within investment grade credit. Scott earned a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and a MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics.

Moderated by: Scott Roberts, CFA, President and Senior Managing Partner | Mr. Roberts is the President of Belvedere Direct Lending Advisors where he leads the investment consulting services we provide our clients. In this role, Scott assists institutional private credit investors develop customized solutions for their portfolio needs.  Prior to Belvedere, Mr. Roberts was the Head of High Yield and Senior Portfolio Manager for Invesco’s High Yield and Core Plus funds.  During Scott’s successful 21-year career at Invesco, he helped build the High Yield team to eighteen members and implement its investment and client engagement strategies. Scott skillfully guided the team in underwriting over $30 billion of leveraged finance transactions during multiple business cycles. Prior to joining Invesco, Scott served as a High Yield Credit Analyst for Van Kampen Investments from 1998-2000. Scott earned a BBA in Finance from the University of Houston.  He is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Society Atlanta currently serving as Executive Vice President and Governance.