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Bret Leas is a Partner and Co-Head of Asset Backed Finance at Apollo. 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 is a member of the Board of Directors for Redding Ridge Asset Management, Atlas SP Partners, and Cadma Capital Partners. He was the former Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro and Western New York.