John Paul Maurice Bowtell is an experienced director with highly relevant industry experience, having spent 8 years in the Gaming Sector serving as Chief Financial Officer for GVC Holdings Plc, Europe’s largest gaming business, after the acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral Group Plc. The Group included Eurobet, one of Italy’s largest gaming businesses where for 3 years he was the company president.

Prior to that he was Chief Finance Officer of First Choice Holidays PLC and became Chief Financial Officer of TUI Travel PLC after its merger with First Choice Holidays PLC in 2007. He previously held a number of senior positions with Centrica, WHSmith and Forte.

Bowtell is now a senior advisor to Alchemy, a special situations private equity fund, and chairs a number of their businesses. He is a Chartered Accountant. 

Michele Rabà is a Partner at Apollo, having joined in 2010. Since he joined Apollo, Michele Rabà had been involved in various private equity transactions, including Gala Coral, Braas Monier, Watches of Switzerland, NKBM, Oldenburgische Landesbank and Gamenet.

Michele Rabà currently serves as a director of Italian gaming company, Lottomatica, as a supervisory board member of Slovenian bank, NKBM, and leasing company, Summit Leasing Slovenia. Michele Rabà is a former board member of Watches of Switzerland and KBS banka. 

Prior to joining Apollo, Michele Rabà was with Goldman Sachs International in the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division, based in London.

Michele Rabà graduated from Bocconi University where he earned both his BA in Financial Institutions and Markets and his MSc in Finance. In 2019, Michele Rabà was selected by Private Equity News and Financial News as one of the 25 rising stars of European private equity.

Yulia Shakhova is a Senior Associate in the London Private Equity team at Apollo, having joined in 2018. Since she joined Apollo, Ms. Shakhova has been involved in various private equity transactions, including Gamenet, Lottomatica (add-on), NKBM and Abanka (add-on).

Previously, Ms. Shakhova was with Citigroup Global Markets in the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division, based in New York and London.

M. Shakhova graduated from University of London with a First Class Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Banking and Finance and received her Master's degree in Finance and Asset Management from Brandeis International Business School.

Mr. Press is a Senior Partner at Apollo having joined in 1998. In his years with Apollo, he has been involved in many of the firm’s investments in basic industrials, metals, lodging/gaming/leisure and financial services.

Prior to joining Apollo in 1998, Mr. Press was associated with the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializing in mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and related financing transactions. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Press was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm focused on corporate strategy.

Mr. Press currently serves on the boards of directors of Apollo Commercial Real Estate, Inc., ADT, LifePoint and Constellis.

Mr. Press graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with an AB in Economics and Yale Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Mr. Saffer is a Principal in the London Private Equity team at Apollo, having joined in 2015. Since he joined Apollo, Mr. Saffer has been involved in various private equity transactions, including OLB, Catalina, Aspen and Gamenet.

Mr. Saffer currently serves on the board of directors of Aspen and Lottomatica. Previously, Mr. Saffer was a member of the M&A group at Credit Suisse based in London.

Mr. Saffer graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BSc in Economics.

Natalia is Head of European Private Credit at Apollo and is responsible for originating, structuring and underwriting transactions. 

Natalia has over 14 years of investing experience and extensive knowledge in direct lending dealflow, having worked closely with private equity houses and corporates over the years. 

Prior to joining Apollo, Natalia was a Managing Director at Alcentra where she was one of the founding members of its European direct lending platform.

Ambassador Ron Prosor is the head of the Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) and as of February 2021 a Professor of Practice for International Diplomacy. Prior to joining the IDC, Prosor served as Israel’s 16th Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2011 - 2015.

In his three decades with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Prosor carved out an international reputation as one of Israel’s most distinguished diplomats.

Mr. Prosor spent four years as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he graduated with distinction.

David B. Sambur is Co-Lead Partner, Private Equity at Apollo Global Management, Inc., having joined in 2004. Prior to that time, Mr. Sambur was a member of the Leveraged Finance Group of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. Mr. Sambur serves on the board of directors of AGS, CareerBuilder, Coinstar LLC, Cox Media Group, ClubCorp, Diamond Resorts International, EcoATM, LLC, Mood Media, Rackspace Inc., Redbox Automated Retail LLC and Shutterfly. Mr. Sambur previously served on the boards of directors of Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Hexion Holdings, LLC, Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. and Verso Paper Corporation.

Mr. Sambur is also a member of the Mount Sinai Department of Medicine Advisory Board, the Arbor Brothers Inc. Board and the Emory College Dean’s Advisory Counsel. Mr. Sambur graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Emory University.

Andrea Collalti is a Chartered Accountant specialized in tax, business and administrative consulting. He is enrolled on the register of Auditors and in the Court of Rome (Bankruptcy section) as Insolvency Practitioner and the Civil Court of Rome as a Technical Consultant.

He is Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the film production company Fandango, of CAL Concessioni Autostradali Lombarde S.p.A., Meliortrust S.p.A., Secretary General of Mater Mundi Onlus, Standing Auditor of the Fondazione Luigi Maria Monti (IDI Hospital), and of Investimenti S.p.A (Fiera di Roma). He is also a member of the Board of Auditors of Fondazione Civitas Lateranensis (Pontifical Lateran University), Board Member of Poligrafica San Faustino S.p.A., Expert Member of the Supervisory Board of Eutelia S.p.A. in extraordinary administration, appointed by the Minister for Economic Development; Member of the Supervisory Board of Fondazione Bioparco (Rome), Member of the Board of Auditors of FISG (Italian Federation of Ice sports).

He is member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Gamenet S.p.A. since November 2010 and of the Supervisory Board since May 2012.

Francesca Di Donato graduated in Economics at LUISS G. Carli University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant providing consultancy services to private and public companies. She also holds the following positions: Member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of CdP Reti S.p.A.; Member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the pension fund Previndai; Member of the Board of Statutory Auditors and of the Supervisory Body of Banca CARIPE; Member of the Advisory Board of the Fund "i3-Core" of Invimit SGR S.p.A.

She serves as Adjunct Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Economics at the UNINT University in Rome. Previously, she was visiting Professor of Performance Measurement at Fudan University (Shanghai), Professor of Accounting in the Faculty of Economics at LUISS G. Carli University and of Financial and Managerial Accounting at numerous Master’s courses at the LUISS Business School in Rome.