Garrett M. Stephen

Garrett Stephen is a senior managing director and co-head of origination on First Eagle Alternative Credit’s Direct Lending team, responsible for originating, structuring and executing new investments with a primary focus on covering loans in the healthcare and information services and technology industries. He is also a member of FEAC’s management committee and the Direct Lending platform's 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.