Stephen Leake

Mr. Leake joined Formation Capital in September 2007.Mr. Leake was a principal at Incentive Capital Management, where he managed public and private equity investments, transactions, and financing.
In this capacity, he also evaluated deals and lead operations.
Prior to Incentive Capital, Mr. Leake was hired by the Department of the Army to run the $468 million US reconstruction program for Anbar Province, an area the size of Illinois comprising the western third of Iraq.
In this capacity, Mr. Leake served 15 months traveling around the Sunni Triangle where he provided strategic direction and leadership for a program of 200+ complex, multi–million dollar infrastructure projects covering all major phases of public infrastructure including power, water, healthcare, education, waste water, roads, and public safety.
As Regional Director for the Iraq Project and Contracting Office, he was permanently embedded with the U.S.
Marines in Ramadi, Najaf, and Fallujah and held the civil service rank equivalent of a colonel.
With a SECRET security clearance, Mr. Leake coordinated at the regimental commander and general officer levels with the U.S.
Marines, U.S.
Army, U.S.
State Department, U.S.
Navy Seabees, and Iraqi government.
He was awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Citation for mission success and more than a year of continuous service in a combat environment.
Before working for the US government in Iraq, Mr. Leake was Director of Research at private equity firm EndPoint Capital in Atlanta where he was responsible for the equity research function and due diligence efforts on post–venture restricted shares.
Prior to EndPoint he was a senior investment analyst for Trusco Capital Management and SunTrust from 1995 to 2000.
Mr. Leake has a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Emory University.
He is a Level III candidate in the CFA Program.