Scott Weiner is Partner, Real Assets at Apollo, where he heads its commercial real estate debt business, and oversees the Firm’s performing, commercial real estate loan origination, acquisition and asset management activities, which include first mortgage, mezzanine and preferred equity investments and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) across managed accounts. Scott also oversees Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE:ARI), a publicly traded commercial mortgage real estate investment trust managed by an Apollo affiliate. In addition, he serves as Chief Investment Officer of the manager of ARI. Prior to joining Apollo in 2009, Scott was Managing Director at Barclays Capital, where he led the group responsible for large mortgage loans and structured finance transactions. Previously, he was Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers in the commercial real estate finance area where he specialized in structured first mortgage, mezzanine and preferred equity investments.

Scott graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in International Studies.