Stephen Usher

Stephen Usher is a Managing Director and Head of Distribution at Lafayette Square, overseeing the revenue activities across all the firm's Credit and PE investment products. Prior to joining Lafayette, Stephen was a partner at Standard General, an investment firm that manages event driven opportunity funds where he managed the firm's business development activity, resided on the firm's investment committee, and was involved with the firm's trading business. He was formerly a founding partner of Serengeti Asset Management, where he managed the firm’s business development activity, and built out its credit trading business.

Stephen spent close to a decade at Goldman Sachs from 1996 to 2005, during which time he built out Goldman's European distressed bond and bank loan sales and sourcing effort in London and worked for Goldman's distressed bank loan and bond sales and trading group in New York. He began his career in Citibank's leveraged loan sales group.

Stephen currently serves on the public company boards of Turning Point Brands Inc. (NYSE), and Mount Logan Capital (MLC.NE). He serves on the non-for profit board of the California Endowment as an Advisor to the Investment Committee.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, where he is currently a member of the Presidents council.