Jonathan Simon

Apollo

Jonathan Simon is a Managing Director and the Head of Leadership Development and Expanding Opportunity at Apollo Global Management. He is responsible for setting and leading the firm’s expanding opportunity strategy, which is focused on building culture and employee engagement. Additionally, he leads the leadership development practice which is focused on developing and enabling leadership capabilities within the firm’s senior leadership ranks.

Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Simon was an Executive Director on the Advancing Black Leaders team at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He was responsible for leading the Firmwide Student Strategy, which included a portfolio of initiatives and programs to increase the acquisition and retention of black talent.

Additionally, Mr. Simon led JPMorgan Chase’s firmwide recruitment strategy at HBCU’s (Historically Black Colleges & Universities).
From 2005 to 2017, Mr. Simon held a number of leadership roles at Citi, including Senior Banker in the Global Public Sector and Healthcare groups in the Global Corporate Bank. He also served as the Head of Diversity and Employee Programs for Citi’s Institutional Clients Group from 2010 - 2014. Prior to Citi, Mr. Simon worked in Corporate Banking and Wealth Management at SunTrust Bank in Atlanta.

Mr. Simon is Chair of the Board of AltFinance and a member of Braven’s Employer Council. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Honors Program at the Howard University School of Business in Washington, DC; He is a member of the Art Acquisitions Committee and former member of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Committee of the Montclair Art Museum; He is a former Trustee of Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, NJ; the Acquisitions Committee of the Studio Museum of Harlem; former Chair of the Montclair Public Library Foundation; and a former member of the Board of the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) in New York City.

Education: B.A. – Morehouse College, Cum Laude