Michael Nawrot is a principal in the Ares Private Equity Group. Prior to joining Ares in 2018, Nawrot was a private equity associate at Oak Hill Capital Partners, where he focused on investments in the media and communications and services sectors. Previously, he was an analyst at Barclays Capital in the Financial Sponsors Group. He serves on the board of directors for the parent entity of Resource Label Group. Nawrot holds a Bachelor of Art in business economics from the University of California Los Angeles and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.