Brendan Howe is a Managing Director and PM2 for Opportunistic Credit at Apollo. In his role, Mr. Howe is responsible for execution, portfolio construction, risk management and cross-platform coordination, ultimately bridging portfolio strategy with day-to-day execution, for the Opportunistic Credit business. Mr. Howe previously led U.S. High Yield trading since joining Apollo in 2019. Before joining Apollo, Mr. Howe was a Vice President in Leveraged Finance at Blackrock Financial Management, with prior roles at both Guggenheim Partners Investment Management and Citigroup. Mr. Howe is a CFA charter holder and graduated with a BS in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.