Meet the Eliant Board of Directors

Chris Edson is Partner and Co-Head of Global FIG at Apollo, with focus on financial services and yield investments, including yield platforms, partnerships and various other debt and equity investments. Chris is also a member of the Firm’s Leadership Team. Chris serves on the board of directors of MidCap Financial, Wheels Donlen, PK AirFinance and Eliant. He was also involved with Apollo’s investments in ADNOC, Hertz, Capital Vacations, Charter Communications, Lifepoint, RegionalCare, Capella, Presidio, ClubCorp, SourceCorp, SourceHOV, Novitex, American Gaming Systems, and PNC’s franchise finance business. Prior to joining Apollo in 2008, Chris was a member of the Financial Institutions Investment Banking group at Goldman Sachs & Co. He graduated from Indiana University with a BS in Finance.

Chuck Dannewitz was a member of the executive team of Tech Data Corporation from 1995 until 2022, and as its Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2015. Tech Data Corporation (now TD SYNNEX) is a Fortune 100 company with extensive global IT hardware and software distribution operations. As CFO, Chuck led a team of over 1500 finance professionals in all aspects of accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, tax, and investor relations. Prior to joining Tech Data, Chuck was a tax partner with Price Waterhouse. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a BS in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Paul Ellis is a retired partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Across more than three decades at PwC’s London, Frankfurt and New York offices, Paul specialized in accounting and advisory services, working extensively with private equity portfolio companies. In addition to his board role at Eliant, Paul is a Trustee of the Bank Street College of Education. Paul is both a Certified Public Accountant in the US and a Chartered Accountant in England. He has Masters degrees from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and from the University of Manchester in England.

Philip Greuter is a Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group (FIG) at Apollo, with a focus on European life insurance and yield platforms. He currently serves on the board of directors of Eliant and Haydock Finance, and has previously served on the board of directors of Summit Leasing Slovenija and the holding company for Amissima insurance. Prior to joining Apollo in 2014, Philip was a member of the Financial Institutions Group EMEA at Barclays and the Swiss M&A Group at Lazard. Philip graduated from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland with a BA in Business Administration.

Ilkka Hameri is a Principal, Financial Institutions Group (FIG) at Apollo, with a focus on yield investments. Ilkka joined Apollo in 2018 in the Hybrid Value team. Prior to joining Apollo, Ilkka worked in the Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs. Ilkka graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a BSc in Economics.

Ephraim Rudman is Partner, Financial Institutions Group (FIG) at Apollo, with focus on financial services, yield platforms and yield partnerships for Apollo's equity and debt businesses. Prior to joining in 2019, Ephraim was with GE Capital for 15 years, most recently as Head of M&A and Portfolio Strategy. Ephraim graduated summa cum laude from Touro College with a BA in Political Science and received his JD from Columbia Law School. Ephraim also serves as Treasurer and Board Member of Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence, NY.

Paulomi Shah is Partner, Operations and Head of Enterprise Risk Management and Trade Operations. Prior to joining in 2019, Paulomi was Managing Director and Head of Operational Risk for Bank of America's Global Banking and Markets business. Paulomi graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University, New York with a BA in Political Science. She is a director for Citizens Committee of New York City.

Mark Suter has been a Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group (FIG) at Apollo since 2021 and is responsible for providing strategic and operational oversight of Apollo’s yield generating platforms. Between 2009 and 2020, Mark was an executive of three Apollo portfolio companies: Group Chief Operating Officer of Athora Holding Ltd; Chief Integration Officer of Athene Holding Ltd; and COO of an entity developing a US banking platform. Prior to his roles at Apollo-sponsored companies, he co‐founded and was a senior deposit and lending executive of Countrywide Bank, the 11th largest national bank in the US. He currently serves on the board of Eliant and Aqua Finance and previously served on the Boards of Directors of EVO Banco (Spain) and three of Athora’s carriers in Belgium, Bermuda, and Germany. He holds a BS in Economics, cum laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.