Bret Leas

Bret Leas is a Partner and Co-Head of Asset Backed Finance at Apollo. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Redding Ridge Asset Management, ATLAS SP Partners, Apollo Asset Backed Credit Company LLC., and Apollo Asset-Backed Finance Lending Company L.P. Prior to joining in 2009, Bret was Director in the Credit Structuring Group at Barclays Capital. Previously, he was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, , primarily focusing on asset-backed securities, CDOs and credit derivatives. Bret graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland with a BA in History and received his JD cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro and Western New York.