Nicolas is a Principal in the Ares Private Equity Group. He currently serves on the boards of directors for the parent entities of Exemplar Health Care, London Square and SLR Consulting. Prior to joining Ares in 2014, Nicolas was an investment banking analyst at Citigroup, where he focused on executing mergers and acquisitions in the power, utilities and renewables industries. Nicolas holds a B.Sc., in Investment and Financial Risk Management, as well as an M.Sc., in International Accounting and Finance from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass).