Carletta Ooton is the Head of Responsible and Sustainable Operations for Equity and an Operating Partner at Apollo, with responsibility of building on the Firm’s long-standing commitment to responsible and sustainable investing by advancing ESG integration and performance across its private equity portfolio. Prior to joining in 2022, Carletta was with Amazon, where she served as both the Vice President of Health, Safety, Sustainability, Security and Compliance and the Vice President of Product Assurance, Risk and Security starting in 2014. While at Amazon, she was instrumental in Amazon’s foundational sustainability efforts, including calculating its carbon footprint for the first time and launching Amazon’s Climate Pledge. Prior to Amazon, Carletta held operational, quality and sustainability‑focused leadership roles at The Coca-Cola Company, Cott Beverages, Bath & Body Works, Unilever and Tate & Lyle.

Carletta holds BAs in Biological Sciences/Chemistry and a MA in Microbiology.

Apollo Global Management

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of March 31, 2026, Apollo had approximately +$1 Trillion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com