Garrett M. Stephen

Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Origination


  • Industry start
    2008
  • Year joined
    2012

Garrett Stephen is a senior managing director and co-head of origination at First Eagle Alternative Credit, responsible for originating, structuring and executing new investments. He is a member of FEAC’s global investment committee. Garrett became part of First Eagle in 2020 upon the firm’s acquisition of THL Credit, which he had joined in 2012. Previously, he worked in the restructuring group of Lazard’s investment banking division. Before that, he specialized in corporate turnarounds and restructurings across a variety of industries at CDG Group, a middle-market restructuring firm. Garrett earned a BS in finance and quantitative perspectives from Bentley University.