Carey Lathrop is the Chief Executive Officer of ATLAS SP. Carey leads the day-to-day operations of ATLAS SP and is responsible for the overall strategic direction and growth of the platform. He serves as the chair of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Carey served as Partner, Chief Operating Officer of the Credit Business, and lead of US Performing Credit at Apollo. Before joining Apollo in 2022, Carey was the Global Co-Head of Markets at Citi, where he worked for more than 30 years. He held several leadership positions during his tenure at Citi. He was COO of Citibank N.A. (CBNA), Co-Head of Global Securitized Markets and Global Credit Markets, Head of Global Credit Markets, Global Head of Credit Trading, Global Head of Investment Grade and High Yield Trading, Global Head of Emerging Markets Credit Trading and Head of the US Investment Grade Syndicate Desk.

Carey received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Computer Science and Economics from Stony Brook University.

Bruce Kaiserman is Head of ATLAS SP Portfolio Partners at ATLAS SP.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Bruce worked on the Non-Agency RMBS trading desk at Credit Suisse following its merger with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette where Bruce started in 1999. Bruce spent four years as an attorney with the law firm Brown & Wood and prior to that as an accountant for four years at KPMG.

Bruce holds a JD from New York University and a BBA in finance and accounting from Hofstra University

Patrick “PJ” Hart is Head of Portfolio Management and Lending and Deputy Chief Investment Officer at ATLAS SP. PJ works closely with the CIO and Head of Origination to develop and implement our investment strategy. PJ is also responsible for portfolio management and oversees non-recourse lending. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, PJ was Head of the Conduit and Warehouse Financing in the Securitized Products Group at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2014. Before this, PJ worked in various positions at First Republic Investment Management and Lehman Brothers/Barclays.

PJ received his BS in Civil Engineering with a minor in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Patrick is Co-Head of Distribution at ATLAS SP. Patrick is responsible for partnering with ATLAS’s origination, structuring and trading teams to enable seamless connectivity and distribution to the client base. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Patrick was Head of Securitized Products Sales at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2014. Before this, he served as Head of Global Securitized Products and US Sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and held various Sales roles at Salomon Brothers/Citi and Prudential Securities.

Patrick received his BBA in Marketing from The George Washington University.

Robert Jee is Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at ATLAS SP. Rob is responsible for the development and management of our legal and compliance policies, procedures and programs, while working closely with our business teams to optimize our business operations. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Rob was the Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Legal Counsel for Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, with responsibility for the Firm’s U.S., European and Asian institutional investment management business and most recently as Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Legal Counsel for Guggenheim’s global investment banking business. Prior to this, Rob advised clients in the U.S., Europe and Asia on corporate finance transactions and securities law and regulation for a firm he founded, Jee, LLC. Previously, he was an investment banking and capital markets attorney for Morgan Stanley and later Morgan Stanley’s Chief Legal Officer for Australia.

Rob is a New York Attorney and an English Solicitor and holds a law degree from York College of Law and undergraduate degree in Law from University of Southampton, both in the UK.

Craig Leonard is Co-Head of Distribution at ATLAS SP. Craig is responsible for partnering with the product verticals to enable the distribution and execution of all new issue transactions. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Craig was Head of Securitized Products Syndicate at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2010. Before this, Craig served as the Head of the Securitized Products Syndicate at Barclays Capital.
Craig received his BS in Business Administration and Management from St. John Fisher College and an MBA from Fordham University.

Aaron Lipeles is Chief Technology Officer at ATLAS SP. Aaron oversees all aspects of technology and drives the design and implementation of the ATLAS SP technology strategy, building a resilient, secure, and dynamic infrastructure backbone designed for growth and innovation. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Aaron served as Global Head of Enterprise Data and Analytics at Credit Suisse. Over the course of his career, Aaron held various technology leadership roles at UBS Investment Bank, Bloomberg LP, and others.

Aaron received his BA in Philosophy from Tufts University and his M.A. and M.Phil. in Philosophy from CUNY Graduate Center.

Matt Masso is Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at ATLAS SP. Matt is responsible for overseeing ATLAS SP’s investment and portfolio management strategy, with a focus on delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns for the firm’s stakeholders. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee and is the chair of the ATLAS Investment Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Matt was Head of CRE Finance in the Securitized Products Group at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2013. Before this, Matt worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Real Estate Structured Finance group.

Matt received his BS in Analytical Finance from Wake Forest University.

Ashley Matteo is Chief Risk Officer at ATLAS SP. Ashley provides oversight of the firm’s spectrum of risk-taking activities encompassing economic risks including credit, market, liquidity as well as other core risks including operational and reputation risk. She is developing controls and governance across ATLAS SP activities. She is a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Ashley joined ATLAS SP from Citigroup where she was the Head of first line Risk in Equities managing risk activity across Global Equities. Over the course of her career, Ashley held various leadership roles in Risk and in Markets, covering Structured Products, Equities and Credit. Ashley began her career in 2004 at Citigroup as an investment banking analyst in the Financial Institutions Group.

Ashley received her BA from University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from Columbia Business School.

*AASP Management LLP, a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management that serves as the risk management function of ATLAS SP.

Sean Lacerte McKenna is Head of New Business Development and Special Projects at ATLAS SP. Sean is responsible for overseeing the firm’s governance, compliance, operations and technology, as well as ensuring coordination across the platform to meet our investment and client needs. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to ATLAS SP, Sean focused on business and product development, funding and hedging initiatives in the Securitized Products Group at Credit Suisse Before this, he served as Partner, General Counsel and COO at C12 Capital Management LP, the formation of which Sean led as a $14bn credit and macro fund carve-out from Barclays Bank in 2009. He has held various positions across trading, structuring and origination at Barclays, Lehman Brothers, and Deutsche Bank. At Barclays, Sean was a senior member of the mortgage trading desk that purchased over $55bn in assets from the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy estate. Sean began his career as a corporate, derivatives, securitization and restructuring lawyer at New York law firms Skadden Arps and Weil Gotshal.

Sean received his BA in Social Studies, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and his JD from University of Virginia School of Law.

Arielle Savino is Chief of Staff at ATLAS SP. Arielle is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and strategy of the firm and acts as an adviser to the CEO. She serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to ATLAS SP, Arielle was Chief of Staff in the Securitized Products Group at Credit Suisse. Before this, she served as a COO in the group. Arielle began her career with Credit Suisse in 2007 as an Administrative Assistant in the Private Bank.

Arielle received a BA in Psychology from the University of Delaware.

George Travers is Chief Financial Officer at ATLAS SP. George is responsible for financial reporting, treasury, valuation, business planning and tax activities. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee, co-chair of the Liquidity, Valuation and Expense Allocation Committees.

Prior to ATLAS SP, George was Chief Financial Officer of Apollo Global Management’s Credit Business from 2014-2022, overseeing growth from $55 billion AUM to over $350 billion AUM. He was also a divisional co-chair of the Apollo Women’s Empowerment Network. From 2007 to 2014, George was the global Fund Controller for direct hedge funds and mutual funds at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. From 2005 to 2007, George was the Chief Financial Officer for Dillon Read Capital Management. From 1990-2005, George worked at Deloitte, serving as Partner from 2000-2005 in the Capital Markets practice.

George is a Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Public Accountant (nonp) and a member of the AICPA and New York Society of CPAs. George received his BBA in Accounting with High Honors from University of Notre Dame and received his MBA in Finance, Summa Cum Laude, from Columbia University.

Evan Tyner is Chief Human Resources Officer at ATLAS SP. Evan is responsible for overseeing the organization’s talent recruitment, training and development, diversity and inclusion, total rewards, and employee relations. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Evan was a Managing Director in Accenture’s Talent & Organization practice where he advised multinational financial services organizations as they strategized, designed, and executed global talent management programs, pre- and post-merger integrations, and various HR and workforce initiatives. Before this, Evan served as a leader in Deloitte’s Human Capital, Investment Management and Real Estate consulting practice, where he started his career.

Evan received his BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and his MBA from Columbia Business School.

Stephen Viscovich is Head of Origination at ATLAS SP. Steve is responsible for overseeing the origination teams across their client coverage, financing, advisory and capital markets efforts globally to deliver customized asset-backed and structured credit solutions. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee.

Prior to joining ATLAS SP, Steve was Head of ABS Finance in the Securitized Products Group at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2000. Before this, Steve worked at Prudential Securities in the ABS Capital Markets group.

Steve received his BA in Economics from Columbia University.