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Paul Drury serves as senior managing director of CNL Financial Group and CNL Strategic Capital. He joined the CNL Strategic Capital team responsible for the day-to-day operations.

Prior to joining CNL, Mr. Drury served as senior managing director at Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), an affiliate of Levine Leichtman Strategic Capital, the sub-manager for CNL Strategic Capital. During his 16 years at LLCP, he helped to originate multiple new platform investments, including several of CNL Strategic Capital’s investments. He has previously served in numerous roles at CIT Group, Inc., Bank of America, and InterFirst Bank.
Mr. Drury has a Master of Business Administration, with Honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as well as a B.B.A in Finance and Accounting from Texas Tech University. 

Mr. Gostin joined Apollo in 2024 in Client & Product Solutions where he is a Product Specialist responsible for all equity strategies at Apollo. Prior to that time, Mr. Gostin was a Senior Managing Director and Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Capital Dynamics from May 2018 to October 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Gostin was the lead Product Specialist for the Vintage Funds at Goldman Sachs from November 2010 to May 2018. Prior to that time, Mr. Gostin worked as an attorney at both Jones Day and Skadden Arps.

Mr. Gostin previously served as a board member for the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. Mr. Gostin graduated summa cum laude from Duke University with BA degree in Sociology, received a Masters of Science from Oxford University, and received a juris doctorate graduating magna cum laude from Georgetown University.