Matthew Cooke

Matthew Cooke currently serves as Vice President of Corporate Communications and Internal Communications Lead at Ares Management Corporation since September 2022. Prior to this role, Matthew held multiple vice president positions at Santander US from November 2016 to September 2022, overseeing communications for various banking sectors, including Commercial Banking and Corporate & Investment Banking. Matthew’s earlier experience includes a managerial role in communications strategy at Prudential Financial from August 2011 to October 2016, as well as positions at The Hartford and CNN. Matthew is an alumnus of the University of Hartford.