Dipesh Patel is a Managing Director in Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Europe and Asia Pacific at Apollo Asset Management. Prior to joining in 2024, Dipesh spent 13 years at Deutsche Bank as CFO for Fixed Income covering the Credit Trading, Global Financing and Origination & Advisory businesses as well as oversight of Finance controls in the Investment Bank. Previously, Dipesh was a Senior Director and COO at Fitch Ratings covering Structured Credit in London, Hong Kong and Mumbai. He also previously worked in the Audit and Transaction Services teams at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Dipesh is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA in Finance from the London Business School. He graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in Economics.

Dipesh is a member of the Governing Board of Grange Park School, where he serves as Link Governor for Pupil Premium.