Women's Energy Council Podcast
Interview with
Christine Hommes, Partner, Apollo Global Management
Published on: 7 October 2020
In the next episode of the Women’s Energy Council podcast series, we speak with Christine Hommes, Partner at Apollo Global Management. We will discuss Christine’s work with next generation tech and its impact on the energy industry of the future, the impact of ESG on investment decision making today and the upside of sometimes being the only woman in the room.
Christine Hommes is a Partner at Apollo based in New York and is focused on private equity investments in industrial and technology companies with natural resources end markets. Prior to joining Apollo in 2011, Christine was an Associate at First Reserve and prior to that a member of the Power & Utilities Group at UBS. She currently serves on the board of directors of several Apollo portfolio companies including Celeros Flow Technology, Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO), Momentum Minerals and Freestone as well as Youth Inc., a non-profit focused on New York City youth. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics and a BAS in Systems Engineering.
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