Mr. Faranda joined Apollo in 2025 in the private credit liquidity solutions group and is responsible for trading private credit, primarily investment grade. Prior to that time, Mr. Faranda was a Managing Partner leading the Credit Trading Group at StoneCastle Securities from Sep-2016 to Apr-2025. Prior to that, Mr. Faranda was a Director in Credit Trading at Barclays (formerly Lehman Brothers) from 5/2006 to 4/2016. 

Mr. Faranda graduated from Georgetown University with a BA degree in Physics in 2001.