Ben Eppley is Partner, Real Assets at Apollo, where he leads its commercial real estate debt activities in Europe. He is primarily responsible for originating, structuring, and asset managing performing commercial real estate debt investments in whole loans, mezzanine loans, structured credit, and preferred equity. Ben also oversees sourcing and arranging financings for Apollo’s European Principal Finance Funds and core-plus strategy. Prior to joining Apollo in 2013, Ben worked in the Real Estate Structured Finance Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and the Commercial Real Estate Debt Capital Markets Group at Barclays Capital. Previously, he was with Eastdil Secured.

Ben graduated from Yale University with a BA in English.