Apollo Strategic Growth Capital

Mr. Leas serves as a Managing Director and member of the Board of Directors of Redding Ridge. He is also a Senior Partner at Apollo and currently serves as Head of Global Structured Finance and ABS and Co-Head of Asset Backed Finance. Prior to joining Apollo in 2009, Mr. Leas was a Director at Barclays Capital with primary responsibility for the loan structuring and advisory team. Prior to Barclays Capital, he was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, primarily focusing on asset backed securities, CDOs and credit derivatives. Mr. Leas is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York. Mr. Leas graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in History and received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center.

Mr. Eanes is the U.S. Chief Investment Officer for Redding Ridge. Prior to Redding Ridge’s acquisition of Irradiant Partners in May 2025, Mr. Eanes served as Co-CEO and head of liquid investments at Irradiant, overseeing the firm’s CLO management and CLO investing businesses. Prior to the launch of Irradiant Partners in October 2021, Mr. Eanes served as head of the liquid credit group at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, focused on managing broadly syndicated loans and high yield bonds. Before that, he spent ten years at Ares Management in the firm’s Tradable Credit Group, where he most recently was a Partner and Portfolio Manager, co-heading the firm’s U.S. long-only liquid credit business. While at Ares Management, Mr. Eanes sat on the board of directors of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) from 2015-2016. Prior to his time at Ares, Mr. Eanes was an analyst in the securitization banking group at Lehman Brothers, where he focused on structuring asset-backed securities for issuers with esoteric portfolios. Mr. Eanes graduated summa cum laude earning a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Patel is a member of the Credit Investment Committees for Redding Ridge UK. He joined Apollo in 2008 and concurrently serves as a portfolio manager in the Corporate Credit Group based in London. Mr. Patel has 19 years of experience in the financial markets and serves as lead Portfolio Manager on Apollo and Redding Ridge CLOs. Mr. Patel has been Apollo’s senior trader in London since he joined and has played an integral role in sourcing assets for all of Apollo’s European CLOs since their inception in 2013. He was central in rebuilding the European Credit platform across distressed and liquid products. Prior to working at Apollo, Mr. Patel was a trader at Morgan Stanley in London from 2006 to 2008, trading high yield bonds, loans, credit default swaps (CDS) and loan CDS (LCDS). In 1999 he joined the Barclays graduate program and worked on the market risk desk in New York, and from 2001 to 2006, traded high yield bonds and CDS for the European Credit team at Barclays Capital in London. He graduated from Kings College London (University of London) with a BSc (Hons). He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst holder (CFA) from the CFA Institute.

Mr. Huntington serves as Head of Structuring and Advisory at Redding Ridge. Prior joining Redding Ridge at its inception in 2016, Mr. Huntington was a Principal in Apollo's Corporate Structured Credit Group. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Huntington was a Director in the CLO Structuring & Origination Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Since joining Apollo, he has transacted on over $150 billion of CLOs, ABS, corporate debt and other asset-backed financings across 180+ transactions. Mr. Huntington graduated from The University of Virginia with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and received his M.B.A. from The College of William & Mary, where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma.

Mr. Gallino serves as Head of Corporate Ratings Advisory at Redding Ridge and concurrently serves as a Managing Director in Apollo's Financial Institutions Group. Prior to joining Redding Ridge and Apollo in 2023, Mr. Gallino spent 17 years at J.P. Morgan where he was a Managing Director and Head of Ratings Advisory, focused on Corporate Ratings of non-bank financials, technology, telecom, and real estate/gaming. Prior to that, he was an analyst at Fitch Ratings. He has completed several hundred first time ratings and hundreds of rating offense/defense exercises including over 75 RES/RAS processes during his career. Mr. Gallino graduated from Columbia University where he received his B.S. in Economics and Political Science.

Mr. Lama serves as Head of Flow and Non-Flow ABS at Redding Ridge. Mr. Lama has structured over $50 billion of transactions at Redding Ridge covering a wide range of asset classes including Fleet Lease, Trade Finance, CLOs, Equipment Lease, Credit Cards, NAV Loans and Warehouse Lending. Prior to joining Redding Ridge in 2019, Mr. Lama worked as a Vice President at BofA Securities, where he structured over $15 billion of CLOs, CDOs, and corporate/ consumer ABS. Prior to that, Mr. Lama spent 10 years at Moody’s where he was a Vice President – Senior Analyst in the CLO and Structured Credit Rating Group. While at Moody’s, Mr. Lama authored and contributed to several structured credit and ABS rating methodologies. Mr. Lama graduated Summa Cum Lauda with a BA in Economics from Connecticut College and holds an MPA from Columbia University.

Ms. Ravani joined Redding Ridge in 2022 as a Managing Director.  Prior to joining Redding Ridge, Ms. Ravani was a Director in the CLO Primary group at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. While at Citigroup Ms. Ravani was responsible for origination, structuring and syndication of US CLOs and was involved in over 200 transactions, representing over $100bn volume over a 15-year timeframe. Ms. Ravani graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with dual B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Economics.

Mr. Severin serves concurrently as a Managing Director and Head of CLO Investing at Redding Ridge and Apollo. Prior to joining Apollo in 2019, Mr. Severin was the Head CLO Trader/Portfolio Manager in the Structured Credit Team at Paloma Partners from May 2016 to August 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Severin was an Executive Director on the CDO Trading Desk at J.P. Morgan from November 2003 to April 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Severin was a Senior Consultant in the Business Consulting Practice at Arthur Andersen/Cap Gemini Ernst & Young from June 1999 to October 2003. Mr. Severin graduated from Cornell University in May 1999 with a BS degree in Applied Economics & Business Management.

Mr. Shearman joined Redding Ridge in 2018 and is currently a Managing Director, Mr. Shearman worked from 2013 to 2018 as an Associate at Dechert LLP, where he primarily focused on structured finance transactions, including broadly syndicated and middle market CLOs, credit warehouse facilities and risk-retention related financing vehicles. He has been involved in the structuring and execution of over $36 billion of CLOs, CLO Refinancings, CLO Resets, Aviation and Corporate ABS across more than 65 transactions. Mr. Shearman graduated, with distinction, from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan with a B.B.A. (concentration in finance) and received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he was named a Harvey F. Wachsman Endowed Scholar graduating with a certificate in business law, also with distinction.

Mr. Gobbo serves as Head of Investor Relations at Redding Ridge. Mr. Gobbo joined Redding Ridge in 2022 and concurrently serves as a Principal in Apollo Capital Markets. Prior to that, Mr. Gobbo was a Vice President in the Securitized Products Group at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Gobbo was responsible for coverage of institutional investors and involved in the syndication of over $200bn of structured credit products over a 9 year timeframe. Mr. Gobbo graduated from Harvard College with a B.S. degree in Economics.

Mr. Caruso is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director. Prior to joining Redding Ridge, Mr. Caruso was a founding partner and Head of Trading at Gulf Stream Asset Management in Charlotte, N.C. where he was responsible for all trading activity across seven CLO transactions and $2.8bn of AUM. Prior to Gulf Stream, Mr. Caruso was a Fixed Income Trader at TIAA where he was responsible for trading leveraged loans and bonds across multiple mandates which totaled more than $20B in assets across a diverse set of portfolios that included insurance accounts, mutual funds, and CLOs. Prior to TIAA, Mr. Caruso was a Senior Financial Analyst at Baker & Taylor. Mr. Caruso began his career at Gulf Stream Asset Management where he served as a Research Associate. Mr. Caruso graduated cum laude from Radford University with a B.B.A. in Finance and Economics.

Mr. D’Angelo is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of the Management Company.  Prior to joining Redding Ridge, Mr. D’Angelo was a Senior Portfolio Manager and Managing Director at Pretium Credit Management LLC in New York where he managed a portfolio of high yield and distressed bank loans for six CLOs, one Total Return Fund and one public Mutual Fund, representing over $2.5 billion in total assets.  Prior to joining Pretium, Mr. D'Angelo was the Senior Portfolio Manager for the High Yield Loan Group at Aladdin. He was a key man and primary portfolio manager on all of Aladdin's CLO transactions and total return loan funds, which totaled over $3.5 billion in assets. Prior to joining Aladdin, Mr. D'Angelo was a Director of Investments at Harbinger Capital Partners, focusing on distressed credits across several industries. Before Harbinger, he was a Vice President, Senior Credit Analyst at ING Capital Advisors, LLC. Mr. D'Angelo also worked in the leverage banking divisions at CIBC World Markets, Royal Bank of Canada and Credit Lyonnais. Previously, he spent five years at The Chase Manhattan Bank in the Real Estate and Emerging Markets restructuring groups. Mr. D'Angelo received his MBA from New York University, Leonard Stern School of Business and BS from SUNY Albany.

Mr. Farr is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director. Prior to joining Redding Ridge, Mr. Farr was a founding partner and Senior Portfolio Manager for Gulf Stream Asset Management in Charlotte, N.C. where he managed $2.8 billion in syndicated bank loan assets across seven CLOs. Prior to joining Gulf Stream, Mr. Farr was a senior research analyst at Steele Creek Investment Management, an asset management firm with $3.0 billion of assets. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Farr was a research analyst with Gulf Stream covering technology, business services and distressed credit portfolios. Mr. Farr worked as a distressed portfolio manager for Patriarch Partners from 2003 until 2005. Mr. Farr began his career with Wachovia spending ten years working in the bank’s credit underwriting and capital markets divisions. Mr. Farr received his A.B. in Economics from Davidson College.

Mr. Frangione is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of the Management Company.  Prior to joining Redding Ridge, Mr. Frangione was a Senior Trader and Managing Director at Alcentra LLC in New York where he was responsible for all loan trading for CLOs, SMAs, Multi-Asset Funds and public Mutual Funds representing over $10 billion in assets.  Prior to Alcentra, Mr. Frangione worked in the Asset Recovery Group at BNY Mellon as a credit analyst and trader helping to wind down an over $2.0 billion portfolio of non-strategic distressed and performing term loans and revolvers. At BNY Mellon, Mr. Frangione also worked in its Capital Markets group as a credit analyst as part of a team that started a loan platform with over $1.5 billion in assets invested in two CLOs, an SMA and an internal proprietary fund. Mr. Frangione received his MBA from Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business and BA in Economics from Bucknell University.

Mr. Leach is a member of the Credit Investment Committees for Redding Ridge UK. He joined Apollo in 2015 and concurrently serves as a portfolio manager in the Corporate Credit Group based in London. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Leach spent eight years at Cheyne Capital, initially working on the Total Return Credit Fund, and latterly as Portfolio Manager of the Cheyne Long Short Credit Fund, which he managed since late 2011. Mr. Leach graduated from the London School of Economics with a first class honours degree in Economics and Government.

Mr. Niles is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director at Redding Ridge. Prior to Redding Ridge’s acquisition of Irradiant Partners in May 2025, Mr. Niles was a Managing Director for Irradiant’s liquid credit strategy and served as a member of the group’s Investment Committee. Prior to the launch of Irradiant Partners in October 2021, Mr. Niles served as a senior research analyst at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors covering healthcare, media and business services. Prior to Kayne Anderson, Mr. Niles was a senior research analyst at Western Alliance Bancorporation, advising on the bank’s syndicated loan investments. Prior to that, Mr. Niles held research analyst roles in the credit opportunities fund for Silver Lake, the distressed investments group of American Securities, and the principal investments group of Wells Fargo. Mr. Niles earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 and a M.Sc. in International Economics from the University of London in 2005.

Mr. Quintana is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director at Redding Ridge. Prior to Redding Ridge’s acquisition of Irradiant Partners in May 2025, Mr. Quintana served as a Managing Director and head of corporate credit for Irradiant, focused on broadly syndicated and middle market CLOs. Prior to the launch of Irradiant Partners in October 2021, Mr. Quintana served as a Managing Director and Assistant Portfolio Manager at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. Prior to that, Mr. Quintana spent six years at Ares Management in the Tradable Credit Group, where he most recently was a Principal and Manager of the CLO analytics and reporting group. Mr. Quintana focused on supporting CLO structuring, portfolio management, and portfolio analysis for Ares’ $13 billion U.S. CLO business. Prior to his time at Ares, Mr. Quintana spent nine years at ING Capital Advisors/West Gate Horizons Advisors as an analyst for U.S. and European CLOs. Mr. Quintana earned a B.A. in Business Finance from Whittier College and an M.B.A from the University of La Verne.

Mr. White is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director at Redding Ridge. Prior to Redding Ridge’s acquisition of Irradiant Partners in May 2025, Mr. White served as a Managing Director for Irradiant’s structured credit investing business, focused on capital formation and investing in CLO debt and equity tranches across Irradiant managed funds and accounts. He also served as a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. Prior to the launch of Irradiant Partners in October 2021, Mr. White was a Managing Director and co-head of credit research for the non-energy, liquid credit business at Kayne Anderson and was a member of its investment committee. Before Kayne Anderson, Mr. White spent 11 years as a credit analyst for LCM Asset Management LLC, the leveraged loan strategy of Tetragon Financial Group which acquired LCM from Credit Agricole CIB in 2010. Prior to LCM, Mr. White was an analyst at Silverline Capital Partners, LLC and an equity trader for Pilot Advisors, LP. Mr. White earned his B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College and he is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter-holder.

Mr. Patel serves as a Deputy Portfolio Manager for the European CLOs. Prior to Redding Ridge, Mr. Patel spent ten years at Oaktree Capital Management, most recently as Senior Vice President in the Performing Credit team. Prior to Oaktree, Mr. Patel worked at BNP Paribas in the Leveraged Finance division and Lloyds Banking Group in the Restructuring Group. Mr. Patel graduated from the University of Bristol with a first class honors degree in Economics and Finance. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Ms. Hester is the Chief Legal Officer of the Collateral Manager. Ms. Kristin Hester is Managing Director & Senior Counsel, Permanent Capital Vehicles at Apollo. Ms. Hester is also General Counsel for Apollo Debt Solutions BDC, Apollo Investment Corporation, Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc. and Apollo Tactical Income Fund Inc., and Chief Legal Officer for Apollo Diversified Credit Fund. Prior to joining Apollo in 2015, Ms. Hester was associated with the law firms of Dechert LLP from 2009-2015 and Clifford Chance US LLP from 2006-2009. In each case, she primarily advised U.S. registered investment companies, their investment advisers and boards of directors on various matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  Ms. Hester received her JD from Duke University School of Law and graduated cum laude from Bucknell University with a BS in Business Administration.

Ms. Sundel is the Chief Compliance Officer of Redding Ridge. Ms. Sundel joined Apollo in 2021 as a Managing Director, Senior Compliance Officer based in New York. She most recently worked at  Sculptor Capital Management (f/k/a Och-Ziff), where she served as Regulatory Counsel & Senior Compliance Officer. Prior to Sculptor, Ms. Sundel was a Securities Compliance Examiner at the SEC, focusing on their Investment Adviser Program. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Litigation Associate for both Bernstein Litowitz Berger &  Grossmann and Labaton Sucharow. Ms. Sundel earned her law degree from New York Law School and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Franklin University Switzerland.

Mr. Marra serves as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Redding Ridge. Prior to joining Redding Ridge in 2024, Mr. Marra was a Partner, CFO, and Chief Compliance Officer at 26North Partners LP. Prior to that, Mr. Marra spent 13 years at Apollo Global Management, where he held key leadership roles, including Managing Director in Credit Finance and CFO/Treasurer of the Apollo Senior Floating Rate and Apollo Tactical Income Funds (2014-2021). His earlier experience includes positions at Lehman Brothers Inc., Stone Tower Debt Advisors, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Marra holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Syracuse University.

Ms. Greenwood serves as Deputy General Counsel at Redding Ridge. Prior to Redding Ridge’s acquisition of Irradiant Partners in May 2025, Ms. Greenwood served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Irradiant. Prior to joining Irradiant in August 2021, Ms. Greenwood was a managing director in the legal department at BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). Ms. Greenwood joined BlackRock in 2018 when it acquired Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC (“TCP”). Ms. Greenwood joined TCP in 2007 and served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of TCP from 2008 through the date of acquisition by BlackRock. Ms. Greenwood earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a Bachelor of Business Administration with highest honors from The University of Texas at Austin. While at UT, she was a member of the national championship women’s volleyball team and co-captain of the team her senior year.