Kristin Hester is Managing Director & General Counsel, Global Wealth at Apollo. Kristin is also Chief Legal Officer for Apollo Debt Solutions BDC, MidCap Financial Investment Corporation, Apollo Diversified Credit Fund, Apollo Diversified Real Estate Fund, Apollo S3 Private Markets Fund, Apollo Origination II (Levered) Capital Trust, Apollo Origination II (UL) Capital Trust, MidCap Apollo Institutional Private Lending and Redding Ridge Asset Management LLC. Prior to joining Apollo in 2015, Kristin was associated with the law firms of Dechert LLP from 2009-2015 and Clifford Chance US LLP from 2006-2009. In each case, she primarily advised U.S. registered investment companies, their investment advisers and boards of directors on various matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Kristin received her JD from Duke University School of Law and graduated cum laude from Bucknell University with a BS in Business Administration.