Mr. Cortese is a Partner, responsible for Apollo's Trading and PM2 businesses, and is the Deputy Chair of its Multi-Credit Committee. Prior to joining in 2021, John was Co-Head of US Credit Trading at Barclays. John is Vice-Chair of the Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Metro & Western NY branch. He also sits on the Board of Advisors to Dartmouth College's Hopkins Center for the Arts. John graduated from Dartmouth with a BA in Economics and holds a CFA.