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 and a voting member of the ATLAS SP Investment and Underwriting Committees.

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.

Matt Masso is Co-Head of Origination at ATLAS SP. Matt is responsible for overseeing the origination teams across their client coverage, financing, advisory and capital markets efforts globally on transactions secured by residential real estate, commercial real estate and all consumer/commercial asset classes. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee and is a voting member of the 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.

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.

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 and is a voting member of the Underwriting 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.

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.

Patrick “PJ” Hart is Head of Portfolio Management at ATLAS SP. PJ is responsible for portfolio management and oversees non-recourse lending. He serves as a member of the ATLAS SP Executive Committee and is a voting member of the Investment 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).