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Mr. Lu is a Vice President in the Ares Private Equity Group. Additionally, Mr. Lu serves on the Ares Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. Prior to joining Ares, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Lazard, where he focused on capital structure and mergers and acquisitions related transactions. Mr. Lu holds a B.S., with honors, from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in Economics.