Dr. Manfred Puffer has served as a director of Apollo since 2012 and is the chair of the risk committee. Dr. Puffer has served as a Senior Advisor to Apollo since October 2008. 

From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Puffer was a senior managing director in the Financial Institutions Group of Bear Stearns International, Head of Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe and a Member of the European Executive Committee. From 2002 to 2005, Dr. Puffer was a member of the managing board of WestLB AG and Head of the Investment Bank, Fixed Income, Equities and Structured Finance. Currently, Dr. Puffer is a member of the supervisory board of lnfmeon Technologies AG. Dr. Puffer holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Vienna.

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