Arnaud Gayet is Managing Director, Origination in the European Private Debt team at Apollo. Prior to joining in 2022, Arnaud was a Principal in the European Direct Lending team at Ares Management where he was responsible for originating, structuring and underwriting direct lending transactions in France. Prior to that, he was a Director in the Leveraged Finance team at GE Capital.

Arnaud graduated from emlyon Business School in Corporate Finance and from Lyon 3 University in Corporate Law & Finance.