Managing Director
Mr. Flannery is a Managing Director in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on systematic credit quantitative risk and research. Additionally, Mr. Flannery serves on the Ares Systematic Credit Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2026, Mr. Flannery was Head of Asset Allocation at BlueCove. Previously, Mr. Flannery was Director of Fixed Income Beta Research at BlackRock, and a Portfolio Manager and Researcher in Systematic Fixed Income at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors). In addition, he was a Corporate Finance Analyst at NM Rothschild, and an Analyst at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Flannery holds a Bachelors in Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics & Economics (MORSE) from Warwick University and a Masters with Distinction from Warwick Business School in Management Science & Operations Research. He is a CFA® charterholder and has IMC and SFA certification.