Board & Executive Officers

Jim Belardi

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, and Co-founder, Athene Holding Ltd.

James Belardi is a member of Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s (“AGM”) board of directors and a member of the executive committee of AGM’s board of directors. He was elected to the AGM board of directors in January 2022. Mr. Belardi is co-founder of Athene Holding Ltd. (“AHL”), and has served as AHL’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer since May 2009. In addition, Mr. Belardi is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Insurance Solutions Group LP (“ISG”), AHL’s investment manager. He is a member of AHL’s executive committee and ISG’s executive committee. Mr. Belardi is responsible for AHL’s overall strategic direction and management and the day-to-day management of its investment portfolio. Prior to founding AHL and ISG, Mr. Belardi was President of SunAmerica Life Insurance Company and was also Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of AIG Retirement Services, Inc., where he had responsibility for an invested-asset portfolio of $250 billion. He currently serves on the board of directors of ISG, Paulist Productions, where he chairs the investment committee, and Southern California Aquatics. Mr. Belardi swam in the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Swimming Trials and is a nine-time Masters Swimming World Record Holder. Mr. Belardi has a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Belardi’s demonstrated track record in and deep knowledge of the financial services business, including having founded both AHL and ISG, and his extensive experience in the insurance industry provides immense value to AGM’s and AHL’s board of directors.

Gary Cohn

Lead Independent Director

Gary Cohn is the Lead Independent Director, Chair of the executive committee and Chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (“AGM”). He was appointed to the AGM board of directors effective April 21, 2025. Mr. Cohn has served as Vice Chairman of IBM since 2021, working with the other IBM Executive Leadership Team members on a wide range of business initiatives and external engagement in areas including business development, public advocacy and client relationship management. Mr. Cohn previously served as Assistant to the President of the United States for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council from January 2017 to April 2018. As chief economic advisor to the President, Mr. Cohn managed the administration’s economic policy agenda and led the successful effort to grow the U.S. economy, create jobs and increase wages through tax and regulatory reform. Prior to his White House tenure, Mr. Cohn was President and Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from 2006 to 2016. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1990 and held several other leadership positions including Global Co-Head of the Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Division. Mr. Cohn is an internationally recognized expert on financial markets, economic policy and global economy. He brings extensive leadership experience in building and managing global businesses, with deep expertise in corporate strategy, financial and operational oversight and driving growth in complex, client-centric organizations. Mr. Cohn is a member of the Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Mr. Cohn also currently serves on the boards of directors of several privately held companies. Mr. Cohn is a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York University (“NYU”) Langone Health, serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital and serves on the Board of Overseers of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Mr. Cohn holds a B.S. degree from American University.

Scott Kleinman

Co-President, Apollo Asset Management

Scott Kleinman is a member of Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s (“AGM”) board of directors and a member of the executive committee of AGM’s board of directors. He was elected to the AGM board of directors in January 2022. Mr. Kleinman also served on the Athene Holding Ltd. board of directors from December 2018 through November 2023. Mr. Kleinman is Co-President of Apollo Asset Management, Inc. (“AAM”), a private company since September 2023, co-leading AAM’s day-to-day operations, including all of AAM’s revenue-generating businesses and enterprise solutions across its integrated alternative investment platform. He joined the AAM board of directors effective March 2021, and he became Co-Chair in January 2022. Mr. Kleinman joined Apollo six years after its inception in 1996, and he was named Lead Partner for Private Equity in 2009 prior to being named Co-President in 2018. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Kleinman was a member of the Investment Banking division at Smith Barney Inc. Mr. Kleinman also currently serves on the board of directors of Athora and previously served on the board of directors of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital and Apollo Strategic Growth Capital II. In 2014, Mr. Kleinman founded the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of Nature Conservancy New York as well as the Board of Directors of White Plains Hospital, where he co-chaired the COVID-19 Relief Campaign. Mr. Kleinman received a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Business, respectively, graduating magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Kleinman’s extensive knowledge of Apollo’s business and expertise in private equity investments enhance the breadth of experience of AGM’s board of directors.

Marc Rowan

Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board, Apollo Global Management

Marc Rowan is a Co-Founder, CEO and Chair of the Board of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (“AGM”). He also serves on the boards of directors of Athene Holding Ltd. (“AHL”). He is also a member of AGM’s and AHL’s board executive committees. Currently, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is involved in public policy and is an initial funder and contributor to the development of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research initiative which provides analysis of public policy’s fiscal impact. An active philanthropist and civically engaged, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy helping 4.5 million people annually while funding a network of nonprofits in New York, Israel, and 70 countries. He is also a founding member and Chair of Youth Renewal Fund and Vice Chair of Darca, Israel’s top educational network operating 47 schools with over 27,000 students throughout Israel’s most diverse and under-served communities. He is an Executive Committee member of the Civil Society Fellowship, a partnership of ADL and the Aspen Institute, designed to empower the next generation of community leaders and problem solvers. Mr. Rowan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a B.S. and an M.B.A. in Finance. Mr. Rowan’s extensive financial background and expertise in making and managing investments enhance the breadth of experience of the Company’s board of directors.

Jim Zelter

President of Apollo Global Management

Jim Zelter is President of Apollo Global Management, overseeing operations and key strategic initiatives across its asset management and retirement services businesses. Jim serves on Apollo’s Leadership Team and on the Firm’s Board of Directors.

Since joining Apollo in 2006, Jim has led the broad expansion of Apollo’s credit platform, and most recently served as Co-President of Apollo Asset Management, where he co-led day to day operations, including all the Firm’s revenue-generating businesses and enterprise solutions across its integrated alternative investment platform. Jim also Co-Founded Apollo Women Empower (AWE), the Firm’s women’s network. Prior to Apollo, Jim was with Citigroup Inc. and its predecessor companies in a variety of roles including Chief Investment Officer of Citigroup Alternative Investments. Before joining Citigroup, he was a high-yield trader at Goldman Sachs.

Jim earned his degree in Economics from Duke University. He sits on the board of directors of DUMAC, the investment management company that oversees the Duke University Endowment in addition to the Duke University Board of Trustees, the university’s governing body that oversees its educational mission and fiscal policies. He also serves on the board of directors of Partnership for New York City, a non-profit organization that helps solve public challenges, create jobs and strengthen neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs and Board of Fellows of Weill Cornell Medicine, one of the leading academic medical centers in the United States. Additionally, he sits on the board of directors of the Bridge Golf Foundation, which is committed to using the game of golf to improve life outcomes for young men of color in Harlem, New York.

Jim Belardi

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, and Co-founder, Athene Holding Ltd.

James Belardi is a member of Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s (“AGM”) board of directors and a member of the executive committee of AGM’s board of directors. He was elected to the AGM board of directors in January 2022. Mr. Belardi is co-founder of Athene Holding Ltd. (“AHL”), and has served as AHL’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer since May 2009. In addition, Mr. Belardi is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Insurance Solutions Group LP (“ISG”), AHL’s investment manager. He is a member of AHL’s executive committee and ISG’s executive committee. Mr. Belardi is responsible for AHL’s overall strategic direction and management and the day-to-day management of its investment portfolio. Prior to founding AHL and ISG, Mr. Belardi was President of SunAmerica Life Insurance Company and was also Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of AIG Retirement Services, Inc., where he had responsibility for an invested-asset portfolio of $250 billion. He currently serves on the board of directors of ISG, Paulist Productions, where he chairs the investment committee, and Southern California Aquatics. Mr. Belardi swam in the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Swimming Trials and is a nine-time Masters Swimming World Record Holder. Mr. Belardi has a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Belardi’s demonstrated track record in and deep knowledge of the financial services business, including having founded both AHL and ISG, and his extensive experience in the insurance industry provides immense value to AGM’s and AHL’s board of directors.

Whitney Chatterjee

Partner & Chief Legal Officer

Whitney Chatterjee is Partner & Chief Legal Officer for Apollo Global Management, where she oversees and manages its legal and compliance team and serves on the Firm’s Leadership Team. Prior to joining Apollo in 2023, Whitney spent over 20 years at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP where she most recently served as a Partner in the Financial Services Group and Head of the Investment Management practice. She has extensive experience counseling investment managers to public and private funds, independent directors and trustees, fund sponsors, private investment funds and financial services companies on a wide variety of matters, including transactional, fund formation, regulatory, compliance and corporate governance matters. While at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Whitney collaborated with clients and investment management industry groups on significant legislative and regulatory developments affecting the asset management industry. Whitney received her J.D. from Columbia Law School and her B.A. from Hamilton College.

Martin Kelly

Chief Financial Officer

Martin Kelly is the Chief Financial Officer of Apollo Global Management, Inc. Mr. Kelly joined Apollo in 2012 and served as Chief Financial Officer of Apollo Asset Management, Inc. from September 2012 through February 2022. From January 2019 through December 2021, Mr. Kelly also served as our Co-Chief Operating Officer. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Kelly was with Barclays Capital and, from 2000 to 2008, Mr. Kelly was with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Prior to departing Barclays Capital, Mr. Kelly served as Managing Director, CFO of the Americas, and Global Head of Financial Control for their Corporate and Investment Bank. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers in 2000, Mr. Kelly spent 13 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, including serving in the Financial Services Group in New York from 1994 to 2000. Mr. Kelly was appointed a Partner of the firm in 1999. Mr. Kelly serves as an advisor to the audit and risk committees of The Hotchkiss School and as a trustee of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and The Westminster School. Mr. Kelly received a degree in Commerce, majoring in Finance and Accounting, from the University of New South Wales.

Scott Kleinman

Co-President, Apollo Asset Management

Scott Kleinman is a member of Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s (“AGM”) board of directors and a member of the executive committee of AGM’s board of directors. He was elected to the AGM board of directors in January 2022. Mr. Kleinman also served on the Athene Holding Ltd. board of directors from December 2018 through November 2023. Mr. Kleinman is Co-President of Apollo Asset Management, Inc. (“AAM”), a private company since September 2023, co-leading AAM’s day-to-day operations, including all of AAM’s revenue-generating businesses and enterprise solutions across its integrated alternative investment platform. He joined the AAM board of directors effective March 2021, and he became Co-Chair in January 2022. Mr. Kleinman joined Apollo six years after its inception in 1996, and he was named Lead Partner for Private Equity in 2009 prior to being named Co-President in 2018. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Kleinman was a member of the Investment Banking division at Smith Barney Inc. Mr. Kleinman also currently serves on the board of directors of Athora and previously served on the board of directors of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital and Apollo Strategic Growth Capital II. In 2014, Mr. Kleinman founded the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of Nature Conservancy New York as well as the Board of Directors of White Plains Hospital, where he co-chaired the COVID-19 Relief Campaign. Mr. Kleinman received a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Business, respectively, graduating magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Kleinman’s extensive knowledge of Apollo’s business and expertise in private equity investments enhance the breadth of experience of AGM’s board of directors.

Marc Rowan

Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board, Apollo Global Management

Marc Rowan is a Co-Founder, CEO and Chair of the Board of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (“AGM”). He also serves on the boards of directors of Athene Holding Ltd. (“AHL”). He is also a member of AGM’s and AHL’s board executive committees. Currently, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is involved in public policy and is an initial funder and contributor to the development of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research initiative which provides analysis of public policy’s fiscal impact. An active philanthropist and civically engaged, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy helping 4.5 million people annually while funding a network of nonprofits in New York, Israel, and 70 countries. He is also a founding member and Chair of Youth Renewal Fund and Vice Chair of Darca, Israel’s top educational network operating 47 schools with over 27,000 students throughout Israel’s most diverse and under-served communities. He is an Executive Committee member of the Civil Society Fellowship, a partnership of ADL and the Aspen Institute, designed to empower the next generation of community leaders and problem solvers. Mr. Rowan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a B.S. and an M.B.A. in Finance. Mr. Rowan’s extensive financial background and expertise in making and managing investments enhance the breadth of experience of the Company’s board of directors.

Jim Zelter

President of Apollo Global Management

Jim Zelter is President of Apollo Global Management, overseeing operations and key strategic initiatives across its asset management and retirement services businesses. Jim serves on Apollo’s Leadership Team and on the Firm’s Board of Directors.

Since joining Apollo in 2006, Jim has led the broad expansion of Apollo’s credit platform, and most recently served as Co-President of Apollo Asset Management, where he co-led day to day operations, including all the Firm’s revenue-generating businesses and enterprise solutions across its integrated alternative investment platform. Jim also Co-Founded Apollo Women Empower (AWE), the Firm’s women’s network. Prior to Apollo, Jim was with Citigroup Inc. and its predecessor companies in a variety of roles including Chief Investment Officer of Citigroup Alternative Investments. Before joining Citigroup, he was a high-yield trader at Goldman Sachs.

Jim earned his degree in Economics from Duke University. He sits on the board of directors of DUMAC, the investment management company that oversees the Duke University Endowment in addition to the Duke University Board of Trustees, the university’s governing body that oversees its educational mission and fiscal policies. He also serves on the board of directors of Partnership for New York City, a non-profit organization that helps solve public challenges, create jobs and strengthen neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs and Board of Fellows of Weill Cornell Medicine, one of the leading academic medical centers in the United States. Additionally, he sits on the board of directors of the Bridge Golf Foundation, which is committed to using the game of golf to improve life outcomes for young men of color in Harlem, New York.

John Zito

Co-President, Apollo Asset Management

John Zito is Co-President of Apollo Asset Management, co-leading all investing activity and day-to-day management of the Firm’s asset management business. John is also the Head of Credit and a member of Apollo’s Leadership Team.

Prior to joining Apollo in 2012, John served as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Brencourt Advisors and previously spent five years as a Portfolio Manager at Veritas Fund Group. John is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder and he graduated cum laude from Amherst College with an AB in economics.